Onapsis Security Advisory - SAP J2EE Authentication Phishing Vector

Onapsis Security Advisory

SAP J2EE Authentication Phishing Vector
1. Impact on Business
By exploiting this vulnerability, an internal or external attacker would be able perform
attacks on the Organization's users through weaknesses in the SAP system.
An attacker would send specially crafted emails to users of the Organization's SAP
system. After they have been successfully authenticated by the application, they
would be redirected to an attacker's controlled web site where he would be able
to perform different attacks over their systems and/or trick them into providing
sensitive information.

Risk Level:

(Medium)

2. Advisory Information

Release Date: 2010-02-10

Last Revised: 2010-02-10

Security Advisory ID: ONAPSIS-2010-004

Onapsis SVS ID: ONAPSIS-000005

Researcher: Mariano Nuez Di Croce

3. Vulnerability Information

Vendor: SAP

Affected Components:

SAP JAVA CORE 6.40 < SP26

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SAP JAVA CORE 7.00 < SP02

SAP JAVA CORE 7.01 < SP07
SAP JAVA CORE 7.02 < SP03

Vulnerability Class: Phishing Vector

Remotely Exploitable: Yes

Locally Exploitable: Yes

Authentication Required: No

4. Affected Components Description

The SAP J2EE Engine is a key component of the SAP NetWeaver application platform, which
enables the development and execution of Java solutions in SAP landscapes.
The J2EE Engine is the component on which, for example, the SAP Enterprise Portal solution
is built and executed.

5. Vulnerability Details
The Authentication mechanism of the SAP J2EE Engine (which is shared by the Enterprise
Portal and other solutions) suffers from a phishing vector vulnerability, which may allow a
remote attacker to perform different attacks to the organization's SAP users.
Onapsis is not distributing technical details about this issue to the general public at this
moment in order to provide enough time to affected customers to patch their systems and
protect against the exploitation of the described vulnerability.

6. Solution
SAP has released SAP Note 1175239, which provides a patched version of the affected
components.
This patch can be downloaded from https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1175239 .
Onapsis strongly recommends SAP customers to download the related security fix and apply
it to the affected components in order to reduce business risks.

7. Report Timeline

2009-11-24: Onapsis provides vulnerability information to SAP.

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2009-11-24: SAP confirms reception of vulnerability submission.

2010-02-09: SAP releases security patch.
2010-02-10: Onapsis releases security advisory.

8. About Onapsis Research Labs

Onapsis is continuously investing resources in the research of the security of business critical
systems and applications.
With that objective in mind, a special unit the Onapsis Research Labs has been
developed since the creation of the company. The experts involved in this special team lead
the public research trends in this matter, having discovered and published many of the public
security vulnerabilities in these platforms.
The outcome of this advanced and cutting-edge research is continuously provided to the
Onapsis Consulting and Development teams, improving the quality of our solutions and
enabling our customers to be protected from the latest risks to their critical business
information.
Furthermore, the results of this research projects are usually shared with the general security
and professional community, encouraging the sharing of information and increasing the
common knowledge in this field.

9. About Onapsis
Onapsis is the leading provider of solutions for the security of business-critical systems
and applications.
Through different innovative products and services, Onapsis helps its global customers to
effectively increase the security level of their core business platforms, protecting their
information and decreasing financial fraud risks.
Onapsis is built upon a team of world-renowned experts in the SAP security field, with several
years of experience in the assessment and protection of critical platforms in world-wide
customers, such as Fortune-500 companies and governmental entities.
Some of our featured services include SAP Penetration Testing, SAP Gateway & RFC
security, SAP Enterprise Portal security assessment, Security Support for SAP
Implementations and Upgrades, SAP System Hardening and SAP Technical Security Audits.
For further information about our solutions, please contact us at info@onapsis.com and visit
our website at www.onapsis.com.

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