National Center EDU Research - SQL Injection Vulnerability

Document Title:
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National Center EDU Research - SQL Injection Vulnerability


References (Source):
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=415


Release Date:
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2012-04-08


Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
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415


Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
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7.4


Product & Service Introduction:
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The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for (the) Education 
Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. Recreated by the 
Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88) and signed into law by President Jimmy 
Carter on October 17, 1979, it began operating on May 16, 1980. The Department of Education 
Organization Act divided the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare into the Department of 
Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Education is administered 
by the United States Secretary of Education. It is by far the smallest Cabinet-level department, with 
about 5,000 employees. The agency s official acronym is ED (and not DOE, which refers to the United 
States Department of Energy). It is also often abbreviated informally as DoED.

(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education)


Abstract Advisory Information:
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A Vulnerability Lab Researcher discovered a blind sql injection on the National Center of Education Research.


Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
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2012-02-07:	Vendor Notification 1
2012-03-09:	Vendor Notification 2
2012-04-01:	Vendor Notification 3
2012-**-**:	Vendor Response/Feedback
2012-04-08:	Vendor Fix/Patch by Check
2012-04-09:	Public or Non-Public Disclosure


Discovery Status:
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Published


Exploitation Technique:
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Remote


Severity Level:
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High


Technical Details & Description:
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A Blind SQL Injection vulnerability is detected on the  National Center of Education Research(US). 
The bug is located on the empid= parameter.  Remote attacker can execute own sql commands on the affected application dbms.
Successful exploitation can result in dbms, web server system and web application compromise.

Vulnerable Module(s):
						[+] StaffDetl.asp


--- SQL Logs ---
Version Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.5057.00 (X64) 
 Mar 25 2011 13:33:31 
 Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation
 Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)
System User:  NCESVPN/IUSR_PROD_DISS


Proof of Concept (PoC):
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The sql injection vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers. For demonstration or reproduce ...

PoC:
http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/staff/StaffDetl.asp?empid=536%20and%201=1[SQL-INJECTION!]


Security Risk:
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The security risk of the blind sql injection is estimated as high(+).


Credits & Authors:
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Vulnerability Research Laboratory - Alexander Fuchs (f0x23)


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