CVE-2020-2556: High severity ORACLE Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management vulnerability

Published Jan 15, 2020
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Updated

Vulnerability in the Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management product of Oracle Construction and Engineering (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 16.2.0.0-16.2.19.0, 17.12.0.0-17.12.16.0, 18.8.0.0-18.8.16.0, 19.12.0.0 and 20.1.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management executes to compromise Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L).

Affected Software

5 affected components
ORACLE Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management>=16.2.0.0<=16.2.19.0
ORACLE Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management>=17.12.0.0<=17.12.16.0
ORACLE Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management>=18.8.0.0<=18.8.16.0
ORACLE Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management=19.12.0.0
ORACLE Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management=20.1.0.0

Event History

Jan 15, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:34 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:34 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-2556?

CVE-2020-2556 is a vulnerability in the Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management product of Oracle Construction and Engineering.

2

Which versions of Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management are affected by CVE-2020-2556?

The affected versions are 16.2.0.0-16.2.19.0, 17.12.0.0-17.12.16.0, 18.8.0.0-18.8.16.0, 19.12.0.0, and 20.1.0.0.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2020-2556?

The severity of CVE-2020-2556 is high, with a CVSS score of 7.3.

4

How can CVE-2020-2556 be exploited?

CVE-2020-2556 is an easily exploitable vulnerability.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-2556?

More information about CVE-2020-2556 can be found on the Oracle Security Alerts page: [link](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html).

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