📄 Description (English)
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 unauthenticated 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 7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
🤖 AI Executive Summary
A critical unauthenticated remote vulnerability in Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (versions 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, 8.1.2.5) allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive financial data via HTTP without authentication. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 with high confidentiality impact. No patch is currently available, making immediate compensating controls essential for Saudi financial institutions.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 3, 2026 04:16
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses severe risk to Saudi banking sector (SAMA-regulated institutions), particularly those using Oracle Financial Services for analytical and reporting functions. High-risk sectors include: (1) Commercial banks and Islamic banks relying on Oracle FSAA for financial analysis and regulatory reporting; (2) Capital Market Authority (CMA) regulated entities using the platform for market analysis; (3) Insurance companies using FSAA for actuarial and financial analytics; (4) Government financial entities and Ministry of Finance systems; (5) Telecom operators (STC, Mobily) with financial analytics components. Unauthorized access could expose customer financial data, transaction records, regulatory filings, and strategic financial information.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services
Islamic Banking
Capital Markets
Insurance
Government and Public Sector
Telecommunications
Energy and Utilities
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application
T1566 - Phishing (if combined with social engineering)
T1589 - Gather Victim Identity Information
T1592 - Gather Victim Host Information
T1526 - Reconnaissance
T1087 - Account Discovery
T1580 - Cloud Infrastructure Discovery
T1538 - Cloud Service Discovery
T1526 - Cloud Service Enumeration
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all systems running Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure versions 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, or 8.1.2.5
2. Implement network segmentation: restrict HTTP/HTTPS access to FSAA infrastructure to authorized networks only using WAF/firewall rules
3. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block unauthenticated access attempts to FSAA endpoints
4. Enable comprehensive logging and monitoring of all HTTP requests to FSAA components
5. Implement IP whitelisting for FSAA access, restricting to known administrative and application networks
DETECTION RULES:
- Monitor for HTTP requests to FSAA endpoints without valid authentication tokens
- Alert on unusual data access patterns or bulk data retrieval attempts
- Track failed authentication attempts followed by successful data access
- Monitor for requests to sensitive FSAA API endpoints from external networks
COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
- Implement reverse proxy with mandatory authentication layer in front of FSAA
- Deploy network intrusion detection system (IDS) signatures for FSAA exploitation attempts
- Enforce VPN requirement for all FSAA access
- Implement database activity monitoring (DAM) on backend databases accessed by FSAA
- Enable audit logging at database and application levels
PATCHING GUIDANCE:
- Contact Oracle Support immediately for patch availability timeline
- Prepare upgrade path to patched versions when available
- Test patches in non-production environment before deployment
- Plan maintenance window for production patching with minimal business impact
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع الأنظمة التي تعمل بإصدارات Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure 8.0.7.9 و 8.0.8.7 و 8.1.2.5
2. تطبيق تقسيم الشبكة: تقييد وصول HTTP/HTTPS إلى بنية FSAA للشبكات المصرح لها فقط باستخدام قواعد جدار الحماية
3. نشر قواعد جدار تطبيقات الويب (WAF) لحجب محاولات الوصول غير المصرح بها إلى نقاط نهاية FSAA
4. تفعيل السجلات الشاملة ومراقبة جميع طلبات HTTP إلى مكونات FSAA
5. تطبيق قائمة بيضاء للعناوين IP لوصول FSAA، مع تقييد الوصول للشبكات الإدارية والتطبيقية المعروفة
قواعد الكشف:
- مراقبة طلبات HTTP إلى نقاط نهاية FSAA بدون رموز مصادقة صحيحة
- تنبيهات على أنماط الوصول غير العادية أو محاولات استرجاع البيانات بكميات كبيرة
- تتبع محاولات المصادقة الفاشلة متبوعة بوصول ناجح للبيانات
- مراقبة الطلبات إلى نقاط نهاية API حساسة في FSAA من شبكات خارجية
الضوابط التعويضية:
- تطبيق خادم وكيل عكسي مع طبقة مصادقة إلزامية أمام FSAA
- نشر توقيعات نظام كشف الاختراق (IDS) لمحاولات استغلال FSAA
- فرض متطلبات VPN لجميع وصول FSAA
- تطبيق مراقبة نشاط قاعدة البيانات (DAM) على قواعد البيانات الخلفية التي يصل إليها FSAA
- تفعيل تسجيل التدقيق على مستويات قاعدة البيانات والتطبيق
إرشادات التصحيح:
- التواصل مع دعم Oracle فوراً للاستفسار عن توفر التصحيحات
- تحضير مسار الترقية إلى الإصدارات المصححة عند توفرها
- اختبار التصحيحات في بيئة غير الإنتاج قبل النشر
- تخطيط نافذة صيانة للإنتاج مع تقليل التأثير على العمليات
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 - 5.1.1: Access Control and Authentication
ECC 2024 - 5.2.1: Data Protection and Confidentiality
ECC 2024 - 5.3.1: Monitoring and Logging
ECC 2024 - 6.1.1: Vulnerability Management
ECC 2024 - 6.2.1: Patch Management
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF - Governance: Risk Management Framework
SAMA CSF - Protect: Access Control
SAMA CSF - Protect: Data Protection
SAMA CSF - Detect: Monitoring and Alerting
SAMA CSF - Respond: Incident Response
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 - A.5.2: User Access Management
ISO 27001:2022 - A.5.3: Access Rights
ISO 27001:2022 - A.8.1: User Endpoint Devices
ISO 27001:2022 - A.8.2: Privileged Access Rights
ISO 27001:2022 - A.12.6: Change Management
ISO 27001:2022 - A.14.2: Software Development
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
PCI DSS 4.0 - Requirement 1: Firewall Configuration
PCI DSS 4.0 - Requirement 2: Default Security Parameters
PCI DSS 4.0 - Requirement 6: Secure Development and Vulnerability Management
PCI DSS 4.0 - Requirement 7: Restrict Access to Data
PCI DSS 4.0 - Requirement 10: Logging and Monitoring
🔗 References & Sources 1