http://www.darkreading.com/security/application-security/231003085/over-half-of-sap-servers-on-the-internet-are-vulnerable-to-attack-researcher-says.html By Tim Wilson Dark Reading Aug 01, 2011 A researcher has discovered a critical set of security vulnerabilities that afflicts more than half of SAP servers on the Internet. At the Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas this week, SAP security expert Alexander Polyakov will outline a new issue he has found with the industry's most popular enterprise resource planning (ERP) application, SAP. The new class of vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to gain control of a company's financial flow, providing the path for espionage, sabotage, or fraud, Polyakov says in a press release. The flaw, which Polyakov foun in the J2EE engine of SAP's NetWeaver software, allows and attacker to bypass authorization checks. "For example, it is possible to create a user and assign him to the administrators' group using two unauthorized requests to the system, the release states. The attack works even when systems are protected by two-factor authentication. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA 2011, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 30-Aug 4, offering over 60 training sessions and 9 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit: http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Tue Aug 02 2011 - 00:55:20 PDT
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