A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver 7.x (Solution Stack Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component PMI XML Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was published 10/22/2012 by Dmitry Chastukhin (Agent) with ERPScan (Website). The advisory is shared for download at erpscan.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 320 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Solution Stack Software

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• SAP

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• NetWeaver

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• 7.x

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• commercial

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