CVE-2018-3253
Vulnerability in the Oracle Virtual Directory component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent...
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).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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).
- Record
CVE-2018-3253- CVSS 3.0
- 8.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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).
- Record
CVE-2018-3253- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15108 No score
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).
- Record
EUVD-2018-15108- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fww5-xv47-fvxx
Vulnerability in the Oracle Virtual Directory component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent...
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).
- Record
GHSA-fww5-xv47-fvxx- CVSS 3.0
- 8.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-3253 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Oracle Virtual Directory, published October 17, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.48%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.