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Oracle FSAAI CVE-2025-53035

MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2025-10-21 secalert_us@oracle.com
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: oracle
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain low-privileged OFSAA account
  2. Exploit
    Reach Platform over HTTP
  3. Execution
    Bypass access-control check
  4. Impact
    Read unauthorized critical data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires a valid low-privileged account on the target Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure instance (CVSS PR:L) with network HTTP access to the Platform component; no user interaction is needed (UI:N). Exploitation is limited to the specific affected versions 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, and 8.1.2.5, and the attacker must be able to reach the application's HTTP interface - instances restricted to internal networks or placed behind strong network segmentation substantially reduce exposure. Impact is confined to unauthorized data disclosure; no write/modify or denial-of-service capability is conferred (I:N/A:N).

Impact

This is a moderate-priority confidentiality issue rather than a critical emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 6.5) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity attack requiring low privileges (PR:L), with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact - consistent with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) allowing an authenticated low-privileged user to read data they should not. Exploitation signals are weak: EPSS is only 0.33% (24th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit code has been identified, so there is no evidence of active or imminent widespread exploitation. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag conflicts with the CVSS PR:L metric and the CWE-284 classification - the flaw requires an existing low-privileged account, so it is an access-control/privilege issue, not a true pre-authentication bypass; treat the tag with suspicion and prioritize based on the official vector. Overall this is a real but non-urgent patch-cycle item: the high-confidentiality impact matters for a financial-data platform, but the authenticated prerequisite and low exploitation probability argue against crisis-level escalation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who already holds a low-privileged application account on an exposed Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure instance sends crafted HTTP requests to the Platform component to bypass access-control checks. Because the flaw is network-reachable and low-complexity, this grants unauthorized read access to critical or all OFSAA-accessible data without any user interaction. No public proof-of-concept exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Authenticated low-privileged users can read critical application data from the Platform component of Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (FSAAI) in versions 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, and 8.1.2.5. The weakness is an improper access control flaw (CWE-284) reachable over HTTP with no user interaction, yielding high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact (CVSS 3.1 base score 6.5, AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). EPSS is low at 0.33% (roughly the 24th percentile) and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis; because exploitation requires a valid low-privileged account plus network reachability to the application's HTTP interface, internal-only or well-segmented deployments face substantially reduced exposure.

RemediationAI

Apply the fix from the Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2025 (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.html); patch availability is per the vendor advisory, and the exact patched build numbers for 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, and 8.1.2.5 should be confirmed in that advisory and the associated My Oracle Support note before scheduling upgrades, since no specific fixed version is published in the data available here. As compensating controls while patching: restrict network access to the Platform HTTP interface so only trusted management and application subnets can reach it (trade-off: breaks legitimate remote and distributed user access if applied too broadly), and audit the FSAAI role model to remove or narrow low-privileged accounts that do not require Platform access (trade-off: may reduce reporting functionality for some business users, so validate against role requirements). Monitoring for anomalous read activity against sensitive FSAAI tables and Platform endpoints helps detect exploitation attempts, and web application firewall rules restricting Platform URLs to expected session and role patterns add a partial barrier at the cost of possible false positives on legitimate administrative traffic.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (FSAAI, also referenced as OFSAA Infrastructure) is the shared platform layer beneath Oracle's financial analytics, reporting, and risk applications; the vulnerable component is the Platform layer exposed over HTTP. The root cause class is CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), meaning the component fails to enforce that the requesting principal is authorized for the resources it reaches, letting a user holding only low privileges enumerate or retrieve data beyond their intended scope. The Oracle advisory tracks this in the October 2025 Critical Patch Update for three supported builds, matching CPE strings cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.7.9.0, :8.0.8.7.0, and :8.1.2.5.0. The CVSS vector confirms the access profile: network vector (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), low privileges required (PR:L, so the attacker is authenticated), no user interaction (UI:N), unchanged scope (S:U), and an impact confined to confidentiality (C:H with I:N/A:N), i.e., disclosure only rather than data tampering or service disruption. Public tagging labels this as an authentication bypass, but the assessed vector and impact indicate an authorization/access-control failure exploitable by an already-authenticated low-privileged user, not a pre-authentication bypass.

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Severity by source

Vendor (oracle) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network HTTP reachable (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), requires an existing low-privileged account per the description (PR:L), no interaction, and only confidentiality is impacted (C:H, I/A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).

CVSS VectorVendor: oracle

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Vulnerability in the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (component: Platform). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7 and 8.1.2.5. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche financial-services analytics platform, limited to banking/insurance institutions
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.7.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.1.2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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