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CVE-2018-3165

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3165 is a critical vulnerability affecting Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools versions 8.55 and 8.56, specifically within the SQR subcomponent. This easily exploitable flaw allows a highly privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to fully compromise the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools system, leading to complete takeover and impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated as a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.55CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.56CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 5,538 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105598
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041891
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry