Potential disclosure of persisted data in BW-BEX-UDI-SDK, SAP security note 1773651

SAP security note 1773651, "Potential disclosure of persisted data in BW-BEX-UDI-SDK", released on 13.08.2013. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

Description

Symptom

An attacker can exploit BW-BEX-UDI-SDK and use specially crafted inputs to modify database commands, resulting in the retrieval of additional information persisted by the system.

Solution

To resolve this issue, please install the latest patch indicated in this note.

Reason and prerequisites

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

CVSS

Score 7.5 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected components

• BI_UDI 7.00 to 7.40
• BI_UDI 7.01 to 7.31