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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-3253 · published 17 October 2018

CVE-2018-3253: Oracle virtual directory vulnerability

Oracle · Virtual Directory

Vulnerability in the Oracle Virtual Directory component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Virtual Directory Manager). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.7.0 and 11.1.1.9.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Virtual Directory. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Virtual Directory accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Virtual Directory accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Virtual Directory. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

8.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 1.5% · top 27.2%
8.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.0
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Virtual Directory component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Virtual Directory Manager). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.7.0 and 11.1.1.9.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Virtual Directory. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Virtual Directory accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Virtual Directory accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Virtual Directory. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105653 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105653 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-3253), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.