Team SHATTER Security Advisory: SQL Injection in Oracle Enterprise Manager (TARGET Parameter)
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Team SHATTER Security Advisory
SQL Injection in Oracle Enterprise Manager (TARGET Parameter)
January 29, 2009
Risk Level:
Medium
Affected versions:
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control 10.2.0.4 and previous patchsets
Remote exploitable:
Yes (Authentication is needed)
Credits:
This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Esteban Martínez Fayó of
Application Security Inc.
Details:
SQL Injection works by attempting to modify the parameters passed to an
application to change the SQL statements that are passed to a database. SQL
injection can be used to insert additional SQL statements to be executed.
The "TARGET" parameter used in web page /em/console/reports/admin of Oracle
Enterprise Manager web application is vulnerable to SQL Injection attacks. It
may be possible for a malicious user to execute a function with the elevated
privileges of the SYSMAN database user in the repository database. This user
has the DBA role granted.
Impact:
This vulnerability allow a Oracle Enterprise Manager user with VIEW (or more)
privileges to execute a function call with the elevated privileges of the
SYSMAN database user.
Vendor Status:
Vendor was contacted and a patch was released.
Workaround:
There is no workaround for this issue.
Fix:
Apply Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2009 available at Oracle Metalink.
CVE:
CVE-2008-5447
Links:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujan2009.html
Timeline:
Vendor Notification - 7/11/2008
Vendor Response - 7/14/2008
Fix - 1/13/2009
Public Disclosure - 1/29/2009
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