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CVE-2017-3281 Oracle CVE debrief
CVE-2017-3281 is a medium-severity Oracle Partner Management vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite. According to NVD, it is remotely reachable over HTTP, requires user interaction, and can allow unauthorized changes to some accessible Oracle Partner Management data. The issue affects supported versions 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, and 12.2.6.
- Vendor
- Oracle
- Product
- CVE-2017-3281
- CVSS
- MEDIUM 4.7
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in stored evidence
- Original CVE published
- 2017-01-27
- Original CVE updated
- 2026-05-13
- Advisory published
- 2017-01-27
- Advisory updated
- 2026-05-13
Who should care
Oracle E-Business Suite administrators, application owners, and security teams responsible for Oracle Partner Management deployments in the affected supported versions should review this issue, especially where the user interface is reachable from networked environments.
Technical summary
The NVD record classifies the flaw with CVSS v3.0 vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N. That means an attacker can reach the vulnerable component over the network without prior privileges, but a separate person must interact with the target. The described impact is limited to integrity, with potential unauthorized update, insert, or delete access to some Oracle Partner Management accessible data. The NVD weakness entry is generic (NVD-CWE-noinfo), so the precise coding flaw is not specified in the supplied corpus.
Defensive priority
Medium priority. The score is 4.7, but the combination of network exposure, no required privileges, and integrity impact makes this worth prompt remediation in any affected Oracle Partner Management deployment.
Recommended defensive actions
- Confirm whether Oracle Partner Management is deployed in any affected supported version listed by NVD (12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6).
- Review Oracle's January 2017 Critical Patch Update advisory referenced by NVD and apply the vendor-recommended remediation for this CVE.
- Restrict network access to the Oracle Partner Management user interface to trusted administrative and business paths where feasible.
- Because user interaction is required, reinforce user awareness and access controls around any workflows that could lead to unintended changes.
- Verify post-remediation that Oracle Partner Management data and related business processes behave as expected.
- Track the official CVE and NVD records for any updates or additional vendor guidance.
Evidence notes
Primary evidence comes from the supplied NVD record and CVE metadata. NVD lists the affected Oracle Partner Management versions, the CVSS v3.0 vector, the integrity-only impact, and the user-interaction requirement. NVD also cites Oracle's January 2017 CPU advisory as a source reference. Timeline context: the CVE was published on 2017-01-27 and the supplied NVD record was last modified on 2026-05-13. No KEV entry was provided in the supplied corpus.
Official resources
Publicly published in the CVE/NVD record on 2017-01-27. The supplied NVD record was last modified on 2026-05-13. No Known Exploited Vulnerabilities listing was provided in the corpus.