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Oracle E-Business Suite Unspecified Vulnerability

Oracle · E-Business Suite

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 98% no public exploit indexed ransomware Fix deadline passed 23 February 2023

What it is

Oracle E-Business Suite contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator.

Why we say that

  • Linked by CISA to known ransomware campaigns
  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 98%
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2023-02-23) has passed
  • CVSS 9.8 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. This vulnerability is used in ransomware campaigns; here is what ransomware has cost UK organisations at the regulator.

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