[UNIX] SAP sapdba Command

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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:[email protected]> 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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