USU Oracle Optimization before 5.17.5 lacks Polkit authentication, which allows smartcollector users to achieve root access via pkexec. NOTE: this is not an Oracle Corporation product.
The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.
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https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-4vr2-wxp6-w29v | third party advisory exploit |