(PT-2012-24) Positive Technologies Security Advisory
Directory traversal in SAP NetWeaver

Vulnerable software

SAP NetWeaver
Version: 7.x

Link:
http://sap.com/

Severity level

Severity level: Medium
Impact: Arbitrary File Reading
Access Vector: Remote

CVSS v2:
Base Score: 5.0
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE: not assigned

Software description

SAP NetWeaver is a special software solution by SAP that is a basis for all SAP Business Suite applications.

Vulnerability description

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected "Directory traversal" vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver.

The system incorrectly checks reading file name that allows attackers to bypass filtering and read arbitrary files.

How to fix

Update your software up to the latest version

Advisory status

16.07.2012 - Vendor is notified
16.07.2012 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
14.05.2013 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
13.09.2013 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerability was detected by Pavel Toporkov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)

References

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-24
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1779578

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

http://ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/

About Positive Technologies

Positive Technologies www.ptsecurity.com is among the key players in the IT security market in Russia.

The principal activities of the company include the development of integrated tools for information security monitoring (MaxPatrol); providing IT security consulting services and technical support; development of the Securitylab leading Russian information security portal.

Among the clients of Positive Technologies, there are more than 40 state enterprises, more than 50 banks and financial organizations, 20 telecommunication companies, more than 40 plant facilities, as well as IT, service and retail companies from Russia, the CIS countries, the Baltic States, China, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA.

Positive Technologies is a team of highly skilled developers, advisers and experts with years of vast hands-on experience. The company specialists possess professional titles and certificates; they are the members of various international societies and are actively involved in the IT security field development.