UNIRAS Brief - 539/04 - PeopleSoft Security Bulletin - Vulnerability in PeopleSoft Human Resources Management System (HRMS) version 7.

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   UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Briefing Notice - 539/04 dated 28.09.04  Time: 15:00  
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PeopleSoft Security Bulletin:

Vulnerability in PeopleSoft Human Resources Management System (HRMS) version 7.


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Default PeopleSoft HRMS 7 installations may contain some debugging and utility scripts. 
Such installations may be vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks and further 
exploitation until these scripts are removed. This removal requires editing of some 
original scripts and may not have occurred on all installations.


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1.  Description

    PeopleSoft Human Resources Management System (HRMS) is used to manage
    employee data and workflow. It is used widely in educational institutions
    and large corporations to manage employee personal data, sometimes
    including payroll.

    Default PeopleSoft HRMS 7 installations may contain some debugging and
    utility scripts. Such installations may be vulnerable to cross site
    scripting attacks and further exploitation until these scripts are
    removed. This removal requires editing of some original scripts and may
    not have occurred on all installations.

    Currently there are no vendor patches available that address these
    vulnerabilities. AusCERT recommends that official vendor patches be
    installed when they become available.

2.  Impact

    Default installations of PeopleSoft HRMS 7 contain scripts that may be
    used by a remote un-authenticated attacker to rewrite and add content to
    the main logon page of HRMS. This could include JavaScript code which, 
    for example, would allow for the capture of user credentials being 
    entered into that page. The scripts also allow a remote authenticated 
    attacker to masquerade as any user.

3.  Workarounds/Mitigation

    The following strategies can assist in mitigating the risk posed by this
    vulnerability:

      o Remove the line referencing utils from the file

        user/components/header.htm

        and remove the utils directory/folder completely. In some
        installations these scripts are duplicated in "/hrtest" or similar,
        and references to utils should be removed from there as well.

      o Remove the file:

        user/ASP/HA_DIRECT_DEP_DTL/HA_DIRECT_DEP_DTL_save.asp

        (the script may be named differently on non-Australian sites).


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