CVE-2016-3542
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite...
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, and 12.2.5 allows remote administrators to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, and 12.2.5 allows remote administrators to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-3542- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 8.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, and 12.2.5 allows remote administrators to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-3542- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4568 No score
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, and 12.2.5 allows remote administrators to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4568- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gwcp-56qr-72w7
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite...
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge Management component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, and 12.2.5 allows remote administrators to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors.
- Record
GHSA-gwcp-56qr-72w7- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Oracle Knowledge Management 12.1.1 < 12.2.5 - XML External Entity Leading To Remote Code Execution | 2017-03-17 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3542 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Oracle Knowledge Management, published July 21, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.69%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.