Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp_MScopyscript SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:5309

Info

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp_MScopyscript SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5309
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0645
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 25 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 02:56PM
Credit: Discovery credited to Cesar Cerrudo <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine
+ Akiva WebBoard 6.1
+ Microsoft Access 2000
+ Microsoft Application Center 2000
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Developer Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft Office 2000
+ Microsoft Project Central Server
+ Microsoft SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft
+ Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft Visio Enterprise Network Tools
+ Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0
+ Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0
+ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Academic Edition 0
+ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Edition
+ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer Edition
+ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Professional Edition
+ SmartMax Software MailMax 5.0
+ Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 9.0
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP2
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3

Discussion

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp_MScopyscript SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp_MScopyscript stored procedure does not sufficiently validate input before passing it to the xp_cmdshell extended stored procedure. An attacker with the ability to execute a query or pass malicious input to a query may be able to execute operating system commands via xp_cmdshell with the privileges of the SQL Server.

The sp_MScopyscript stored procedure may be executed by the 'public' role by default, so it is possible that a database user with privileges may potentially exploit this issue.

The Microsoft SQL Server must be configured to function as a distributor for this issue to be exploited. Certain other conditions must be satisfied for exploitation to succeed, such as the SQL Server running in the context of a domain user.

** This issue was also documented as BID 5546. That entry has now been deprecated in favor of the original report.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp_MScopyscript SQL Injection Vulnerability

The following example was submitted:

By supplying a malformed @scriptfile parameter an attacker can run arbitrary
commands:

use master
declare @cmd nvarchar(4000)
exec sp_MScopyscriptfile N'c:\autoexec.bat" c:\cp.txt&amp;echo hello &gt;
c:\ccc.bbb &amp; echo "hello',@cmd OUTPUT
print @cmd

The above query will copy the autoexec.bat file to cp.txt but also echo hello to a file called ccc.bbb.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp_MScopyscript SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixes available:


Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP1

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP2

References

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp_MScopyscript SQL Injection Vulnerability

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