EQS Potential disclosure of persisted data in Service Class, SAP security note 1603536

SAP security note 1603536, "EQS: Potential disclosure of persisted data in Service Class", is a program error note released on 11.10.2011. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

Description

Symptom

A malicious user can exploit the method and use specially crafted inputs to modify database commands, resulting in the retrieval of additional information persisted by the system.

Solution

Please implement the automatic corrections.

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 a malicious user. The manipulated SQL statement can then be used to retrieve data from the database.

CVSS

Score 0

Affected components

• IDEXDE (601, 603, 604, 605)