SAP MaxDB 'cons.exe' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

BID:27206

Info

SAP MaxDB 'cons.exe' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27206
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0244
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 09 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 09 2010 05:51AM
Credit: Luigi Auriemma discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: SAP MaxDB 7.6.3 build 007
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SAP MaxDB 'cons.exe' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

SAP MaxDB is prone to a remote command-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the database server. Multiple database commands expose this issue, including one that is available prior to authentication.

MaxDB 7.6.03 build 007 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

SAP MaxDB 'cons.exe' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

The following exploit example is available:

exec_sdbinfo && echo dir c:\ | cmd.exe

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

SAP MaxDB 'cons.exe' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

SAP MaxDB 'cons.exe' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

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