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CVE-2017-3335 Oracle CVE debrief

CVE-2017-3335 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing component of Oracle E-Business Suite. According to the NVD record, an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP can compromise Oracle Marketing, but success requires user interaction. Oracle’s description says the issue can lead to unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to Oracle Marketing accessible data, along with unauthorized update, insert, or delete actions on some of that data. Oracle also notes that the impact may extend to additional products.

Vendor
Oracle
Product
Marketing
CVSS
HIGH 8.2
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 security teams, and organizations running the affected Oracle Marketing versions should care most. This is especially important for environments exposing Oracle Marketing to untrusted networks or users.

Technical summary

NVD classifies the issue as CVSS v3.0 8.2 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N. The vulnerable product scope in the supplied record covers Oracle Marketing versions 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, and 12.2.6. The attack surface is network-based over HTTP, does not require privileges, and has a user-interaction requirement. The documented impact is primarily confidentiality and integrity, including unauthorized access to sensitive Oracle Marketing data and limited unauthorized modification.

Defensive priority

High. The combination of network reachability, no privileges, and strong data-exposure impact makes this worth prompt remediation, even though user interaction is required.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Review Oracle’s January 2017 Critical Patch Update advisory for the applicable Oracle Marketing/E-Business Suite release and apply the vendor fix or cumulative update identified there.
  • Confirm whether any of the affected Oracle Marketing versions listed in the record are deployed in your environment.
  • Reduce exposure of Oracle Marketing interfaces to untrusted networks where possible, especially any HTTP-accessible entry points.
  • Audit authentication, authorization, and user-interaction flows around Oracle Marketing to identify where users could be induced into completing the required interaction.
  • Prioritize validation of data-access controls and monitor for unusual reads or write activity against Oracle Marketing data.
  • Track Oracle and NVD updates for this CVE and related product advisories before and after remediation.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based on the supplied NVD record and its Oracle advisory references. The record explicitly states the affected versions, network/HTTP access, user-interaction requirement, CVSS vector, and impact statements. The source corpus does not provide the full Oracle advisory text, exploitation details, or confirmed exploit activity, and no Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entry was supplied.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2017-3335 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3335

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2017-3335 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3335

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.