Advisory Details

September 12th, 2017

EMC AppSync Apollo REST Services SQL Injection Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2017-8015
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	EMC
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	AppSync
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['28107']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of EMC Appsync. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be easily bypassed. The specific flaw exists within Apollo REST services, which listens on TCP port 8445 by default. When parsing the query request parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information under the context of SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	EMC has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/14
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2017-05-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2017-09-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	rgod

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