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Potential disclosure of persisted data in iPPE, SAP security note 1506587

SAP Note 1506587

SAP security note 1506587, "Potential disclosure of persisted data in iPPE", is a note. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

Description

Symptom

A malicious user can exploit RFC-enabled function modules of the AP-PPE and use specially crafted inputs to modify database commands, resulting in the retrieval of additional information persisted by the system.

Solution

Implement the source code changes that are described in the advance corrections.

Reason and prerequisites

The problem is caused by an SQL injection vulnerability. The code composes an SQL statement including strings that can be altered by a malicious user. The manipulated SQL statement can then be used to retrieve data from the database.

Affected components

  • EA-IPPE 110
  • EA-IPPE 200
  • EA-IPPE 300
  • EA-IPPE 400
  • EA-IPPE 404
  • EA-IPPE 405
  • EA-IPPE 406
  • EA-IPPE 616
  • EA-IPPE 617
  • EA-IPPE 618

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 1506587

Detailed exploitation and proof-of-concept material for this note is maintained in the RedRays Security Platform. For access, contact [email protected].

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