SAP NetWeaver Portal XMLValidationComponent - XXE

Application: SAP NetWeaver Portal **Versions Affected:**SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.31.201109172004 Vendor URL:http://www.sap.com **Bugs:**XML External Entity **Reported:**06.11.2014 **Vendor response:**07.11.2014 **Date of Public Advisory:**15.02.2015 **Reference:**SAP Security Note 2093966 Authors: Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan)

VULNERABILITY INFORMATION
Class: XML External Entity [CWE-611]
Impact: read file, upload file, DoS, information disclosure
Remotely Exploitable: Yes
Locally Exploitable: No
CVE Name: CVE-2015-2812

Business Risk
It is possible for attackers to send any packet to any port of any system including localhost.
It means that it is possible, for example, to send any administrative command to Gateway or Message Server because the source of the packet will be localhost, and there are no restrictions for localhost. Another example is an attack on other interfaces.

Description
SAP XML parser validates all incoming XML requests with user specified DTD.

VULNERABLE PACKAGES
SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.31
Other versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked.

SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS
To correct this vulnerability, install SAP Security Notes 2098608 and 2093966.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

SAP XML parser (parserXMLValidationComponent) validates all incoming XML requests with a user-specified DTD.

Defense

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