Potential disclosure of persisted data in FS-AM-PLM, SAP security note 1880561

SAP security note 1880561, “Potential disclosure of persisted data in FS-AM-PLM”, is a program error note released on 16.09.2014. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

Description

Symptom

An attacker can exploit Posting Lock Management and use specially crafted inputs to modify database commands, resulting in the retrieval of additional information persisted by the system.

Solution

Enter text here to describe the steps the customer must follow to implement a security correction, activate a workaround, or temporarily disable the affected function. (For more information, see Note 1139963).

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 0

Affected components

• FSAPPL 100
• FSAPPL 200
• FSAPPL 300
• FSAPPL 400