J2EE/RI Pointbase Database Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:9230

Info

J2EE/RI Pointbase Database Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9230
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 16 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 16 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Marc Schoenefeld <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Sun JDK (Windows Production Release) 1.4.2 _02
Sun J2EE/RI (Windows) 1.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

J2EE/RI Pointbase Database Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported in the J2EE/RI (Reference Implementation) Pointbase 4.6 database that could permit remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a system hosting the software. This issue may reportedly be exploited through a malicious SQL statement that will cause an executable on the host file system to be run. Denial of service attacks and exposure of sensitive information may also be the result of successful exploitation.

This vulnerability is similar in nature to the issue described in BID 8773. The vulnerability was reported for J2EE/RI 1.4 on Windows platforms. Other versions and releases for different platforms are also likely affected.

Exploit / POC

J2EE/RI Pointbase Database Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited using a malicious SQL statement.

Solution / Fix

J2EE/RI Pointbase Database Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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

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