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CVE-2020-14864
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-09-19
Oracle Intelligence Enterprise Edition vulnerability
Path traversal vulnerability in Oracle Intelligence Enterprise Edition allows attackers to access arbitrary system files through the getPreviewImage function's FilePath parameter.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated or low-privileged attacker can exploit this path traversal flaw to read sensitive files from the affected system, potentially exposing credentials, configuration data, or other confidential information stored on the server.
CISA KEV Yes · 2022-01-185EPSS 0.97233 (verify live)6CVSS 7.53CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: partial4Exploit Public PoC / detection · nuclei template12
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
352 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-01-18).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.97233 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) · Affected: Oracle, Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CNA-assigned (CVE.org), version 3.1, set at disclosure.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-22 Path Traversal — weakness family: Path traversal / file.CWE assignment from the public NVD record (may be stale); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 454 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a public proof-of-concept / detection template). Catalog entries: nuclei template. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious request to getPreviewImage with a traversal payload in the FilePath parameter to navigate outside intended directories.
Business
Sensitive system files become accessible to external threat actors, creating immediate risk of credential compromise and lateral movement.
2
Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I retrieve configuration files, environment variables, or application secrets that reveal authentication tokens or database credentials.
Business
Attackers gain elevated access to backend systems, databases, and connected infrastructure, enabling data exfiltration or further compromise.
3
Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I combine disclosed credentials with other reconnaissance to establish persistent access or pivot to high-value systems.
Business
Enterprise data integrity and confidentiality are compromised; incident response and forensic costs escalate significantly.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by oracleCNA
Credited with finding itNo finder is named in the public CVE record or the scanned vendor advisory — attribution scoped to the sources checked.
Found an error? Propose a correction.
A correction is a cited counter-claim — it must cite a source,
gets reviewed by a second human, and is never auto-applied. See the
correction convention and our identity
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