NCH Corporation Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (NCH1765246615)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the NCH Corporation breach identified under incident ID NCH1765246615.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of NCH Corporation's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nch, the number of followers: 60732, the industry type: Chemical Manufacturing and the number of employees: 5232 employees

After the initial compromise, the video explains how Rankiteo's incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score. The incident score before the incident was 747 and after the incident was 684 with a difference of -63 which is could be a good indicator of the severity and impact of the incident.

In the next step of the video, we will analyze in more details the incident and the impact it had on NCH Corporation and their customers.

On 05 December 2025, NCH disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "NCH Data Breach via Oracle E-Business Suite Vulnerability".

NCH experienced a data breach where sensitive personal identifiable information may have been compromised due to an unauthorized actor exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Oracle’s E-Business Suite (Oracle EBS).

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Oracle E-Business Suite, and exposing Sensitive personal identifiable information.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, and stakeholders are being briefed through Posted notice on website and mailed data breach notification letters.

The case underscores how Completed, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services provided to affected individuals.

Finally, we try to match the incident with the MITRE ATT&CK framework to see if there is any correlation between the incident and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

The MITRE ATT&CK framework is a knowledge base of techniques and sub-techniques that are used to describe the tactics and procedures of cyber adversaries. It is a powerful tool for understanding the threat landscape and for developing effective defense strategies.

Rankiteo's analysis has identified several MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques associated with this incident, each with varying levels of confidence based on available evidence. Under the Initial Access tactic, the analysis identified Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Oracle’s E-Business Suite. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive personal information may have been accessed and acquired by an unauthorized third party and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration confirmed in mid-August. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Credential Access (T1212) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating exploitation of Oracle EBS vulnerability may have enabled access to stored credentials. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive data compromised, though no explicit mention of destruction and Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (10%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of ransomware or encryption in incident details. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.