[Onapsis Security Advisory 2014-026] Missing authorization check in function modules of BW-SYS-DB-DB4

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Onapsis Security Advisory 2014-026: Missing authorization check in
function modules of BW-SYS-DB-DB4

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1. Impact on Business

By exploiting this vulnerability a remote authenticated attacker would
be able to perform activities for which he is not authorized.

Risk Level: Low

2. Advisory Information

• • Public Release Date: 2014-07-29
• • Subscriber Notification Date: 2014-07-29
• • Last Revised: 2014-07-25
• • Security Advisory ID: ONAPSIS-2014-026
• • Onapsis SVS ID: ONAPSIS-00114
• • Researcher: Nahuel D. Sanchez
• • Initial Base CVSS v2: 3.5 (AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

3. Vulnerability Information

• • Vendor: SAP
• • Affected Components:
  • SAP Netweaver Business Warehouse component.
    (Check SAP Note 1974016 for detailed information on affected releases)
• • Vulnerability Class: Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
• • Remotely Exploitable: Yes
• • Locally Exploitable: No
• • Authentication Required: Yes
• • Original Advisory:
    http://www.onapsis.com/resources/get.php?resid=adv_onapsis-2014-026

4. Affected Components Description

SAP BW-SYS-DB-DB4 component contains a remote-enabled RFC function that
does not perform authorization checks prior to retrieving sensitive
information.

5. Vulnerability Details

A remote authenticated attacker could execute the vulnerable RFC
functions in function group BW-SYS-DB-DB4. These do not check for
authorizations and thus allowing the attacker to obtain sensitive
information regarding the target application server.

Technical details about this issue are not disclosed at this moment with
the purpose of providing 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 1974016 which provides patched versions of the
affected components.

The patches can be downloaded from
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1974016

Onapsis strongly recommends SAP customers to download the related
security fixes and apply them to the affected components in order to
reduce business risks.

7. Report Timeline

2014-01-20: Onapsis provides vulnerability information to SAP AG.
2014-01-21: SAP confirms having the information of vulnerability.
2014-04-08: SAP releases security patches.
2014-07-29: Onapsis notifies availability of security advisory.

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