ERPSCAN Research Advisory [ERPSCAN-15-011] SAP Mobile Platform 3.0 - XXE Application: SAP Mobile Platform 3.0 Versions Affected: SAP Mobile Platform 3.0, probably others Vendor URL: http://SAP.com Bugs: XML eXternal Entity Sent: 29.12.2014 Reported: 29.12.2014 Vendor response: 30.12.2014 Date of Public Advisory: 18.06.2015 Reference: SAP Security Note 2125513 Author: Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan) Description 1. ADVISORY INFORMATION Title: SAP Mobile Platform 3.0 XXE Advisory ID: [ERPSCAN-15-011] Risk: High Advisory URL: http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-011-sap-mobile-platform-xxe/ Date published: 15.03.2015 Vendors contacted: SAP 2. VULNERABILITY INFORMATION Class: XML External Entity [CWE-611] Impact: XML external entity, information disclosure, denial of service Remotely Exploitable: Yes Locally Exploitable: No 3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION The problem is caused by a program error in SAP Mobile Platform 3.0 due to the incorrect use of an XML parser (/mobiliser servlet). By default, the parser opens external entities referenced within an XML input, which can then lead to malicious content being parsed. This malicious content can reference internal resources, such as files. These internal resources can be disclosed in the response to the request, or can be used to perform a denial of service attack on the parsing system, rendering the application content temporarily unavailable. 4. VULNERABLE PACKAGES SAP Mobile Platform 3.0 Other versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked. 5. SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS To correct this vulnerability, install SAP Security Note 2125513. 6. AUTHOR Vahagn Vardanyan (ERPScan) 7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION SAP XML parser validates all incoming XML requests with a user-specified DTD. 8. REPORT TIMELINE Sent: 29.12.2014 Reported: 29.12.2014 Vendor response: 30.12.2014 Date of Public Advisory: 18.06.2015 9. REFERENCES http://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-15-011-sap-mobile-platform-xxe/ 10. 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