ERPSCAN Research Advisory [ERPSCAN-15-017] SAP NetWeaver J2E

ERPSCAN Research Advisory [ERPSCAN-15-017] SAP NetWeaver J2EE DAS
service - Unauthorized Access


Application: SAP NetWeaver
Versions Affected: SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA, probably others
Vendor URL: http://SAP.com
Bugs: Unauthorized access
Sent: 20.04.2013
Reported: 21.04.2013
Vendor response: 21.04.2013
Date of Public Advisory: 13.10.2015
Reference: SAP Security Note 1945215
Author: Alexander Polyakov (ERPScan)


Description
1. ADVISORY INFORMATION
Title: SAP NetWeaver J2EE DAS service – Unauthorized Access
Advisory ID: [ERPSCAN-15-017]
Risk: High
Advisory URL: http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-017-sap-netweaver-j2ee-das-service-unauthorized-access/
Date published: 13.10.2015
Vendors contacted: SAP


2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION
Class: Unauthorized Access [CWE-284]
Impact: Unauthorized access to some functions
Remotely Exploitable: Yes
Locally Exploitable: No

CVSS Information
CVSS Base Score:  3.5 / 10
CVSS Base Vector:
AV : Access Vector (Related exploit range)
Network (N)
AC : Access Complexity (Required attack complexity)
Medium (M)
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
None (N)

3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION
An authenticated user can use the functions of XML Data Archiving
Service access to which should be restricted. This may result in
privilege escalation.


4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES
SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA
Other versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked.


5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS
To correct this vulnerability, install  SAP Security Note 1945215.


6. AUTHOR
Alexander Polyakov (ERPScan)


7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
It is possible to call some of the DAS files without authorization
because they do not check if a user is authorized to access some of
the JSPs.

Most JSPs have authorization checks:

String authorization = (String) session.getAttribute("AuthRequHead");
if (authorization == null)
        authorization = "";

But in 3 JSPs those checks are not included:

http://SAP_IP/DataArchivingService/webcontent/cas/cas_enter.jsp
http://SAP_IP/DataArchivingService/webcontent/cas/cas_validate.jsp
http://SAP_IP/DataArchivingService/webcontent/aas/aas_store.jsp

It means that an anonymous user can call those JSPs.

The most critical one is cas_enter.jsp.

We can create any archiving directory and also:
1) Check if there is any file or directory on the server by analyzing
the response while creating an archive store
2) Perform an SMBRelay attack by putting something like
\\remotehost\aa  into the Windows root variable
3) Potentially make HTTP calls and other calls while using WebDav


8. REPORT TIMELINE
Sent: 20.04.2013
Reported: 21.04.2013
Vendor response: 21.04.2013
Date of Public Advisory: 13.10.2015


9. REFERENCES
http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-017-sap-netweaver-j2ee-das-service-unauthorized-access/


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