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SAP sapdba Command
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SUMMARY
<http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm50/helpdata/en/d1/a9fd184b8a11d189510000e829fbbd/content.htm>
SAPDBA for Informix is an integrated database administration tool for Informix
databases running with R/3 Systems, particularly large ones.
The sapdba command for Informix Databases was found to allow any UNIX user
to run arbitrary commands with informix rights at the shell level, due to
improper handling of environment variables.
DETAILS
Vulnerable Systems:
* sapdba command for Informix version 700 and prior
Immune Systems:
* sapdba command for Informix version 700 patch number 101
Any user with login access to the SAP database server having a vulnerable
version of the sapdba command can escalate privileges to execute arbitrary
commands with the rights of the informix user.
Disclosure Timeline:
* 04/20/2006: Initial Vendor Contact and technical details for the
vulnerabilities sent to vendor.
* 04/26/2006: Solution provided by vendor.
* 05/18/2006: Coordinate release of pre-advisory without technical
details.
* 08/18/2006: Coordinate release of advisory with technical details.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:lmeiners@cybsec.com> Leandro
Meiners.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Pre-Advisory_Local_Privilege_Escalation_in_SAP_sapdba_Command.pdf
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Pre-Advisory_Local_Privilege_Escalation_in_SAP_sapdba_Command.pdf
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