Oracle PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 XXE Injection

`Application: Oracle PeopleSoft  
Versions Affected: PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 on PeopleTools 8.55  
Vendor URL: http://oracle.com  
Bug: XXE  
Reported: 23.12.2016  
Vendor response: 24.12.2016  
Date of Public Advisory: 18.04.2017  
Reference: Oracle CPU April 2017  
Author: Nadya Krivdyuk (ERPScan)  
  
  
Description  
  
1. ADVISORY INFORMATION  
Title:[ERPSCAN-17-020] XXE VIA DOCTYPE in PeopleSoft  
PeopleSoftServiceListeningConnector  
Advisory ID: [ERPSCAN-17-020]  
Risk: high  
CVE: CVE-2017-3548  
Advisory URL: https://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-17-020-xxe-via-doctype-peoplesoft/  
Date published: 18.04.2017  
Vendors contacted: Oracle  
  
  
2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION  
  
Class: XXE  
Impact: File disclosure, network discovery  
Remotely Exploitable: yes  
Locally Exploitable: no  
  
CVSS Information  
CVSS Base Score v3: 8.0 / 10  
CVSS Base Vector:  
AV : Attack Vector (Related exploit range) Network (N)  
AC : Attack Complexity (Required attack complexity) High (H)  
PR : Privileges Required (Level of privileges needed to exploit) High (H)  
UI : User Interaction (Required user participation) None (N)  
S : Scope (Change in scope due to impact caused to components beyond  
the vulnerable component) Changed (C)  
C : Impact to Confidentiality High (H)  
I : Impact to Integrity High (H)  
A : Impact to Availability High (H)  
  
3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION  
  
A malicious user can modify an XML-based request to include XML  
content that is then parsed locally.  
  
4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES  
  
PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 on PeopleTools 8.55  
  
5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS  
  
To correct this vulnerability, implement Oracle CPU April 2017  
  
6. AUTHOR  
  
Nadya Krivdyuk  
  
  
7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION  
  
An attacker can use an XML external entity vulnerability to send  
specially crafted unauthorized XML requests, which will be processed  
by the XML parser. The attacker can use an XML external entity  
vulnerability for getting unauthorised access to the OS file system.  
  
PoC  
  
  
POST /PSIGW/PeopleSoftServiceListeningConnector HTTP/1.1  
Host: 172.16.2.91:8000  
Content-type: text/xml  
<!DOCTYPE a PUBLIC "-//B/A/EN" "C:\windows">  
  
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