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

Application Security, Inc's database security solutions have helped over 1000 organizations secure their databases from 
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Disclaimer: The information in the advisory is believed to be accurate at the time of publishing based on currently 
available information. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are no 
warranties with regard to this information. Neither the author nor the publisher accepts any liability for any direct, 
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