Advisory Details

November 8th, 2010

SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment sapstartsrv.exe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	SAP
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	NetWeaver
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10656']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the sapstartsrv.exe process which listens by default on ports 50013 and 50113. A malformed SOAP request (via POST) can be used to reach an unbounded copy loop which results in attacker-supplied data being written into existing function pointers. It is possible for a remote attacker to leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	A solution was provided via SAP note 1414444 https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1414444
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2010-10-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2010-11-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri

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