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CVE-2016-15012: Salesforce Mobile Software Development Kit: SQL injection

CVE-2016-15012 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists Salesforce Mobile Software Development Kit as the affected product. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in forcedotcom SalesforceMobileSDK-Windows up to 4.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function ComputeCountSql of the file SalesforceSDK/SmartStore/Store/QuerySpec.cs. The manipulation leads to sql injection. Upgrading to version 5.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 83b3e91e0c1e84873a6d3ca3c5887eb5b4f5a3d8. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217619. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.1 9.8: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.

Affected products

  • Salesforce Mobile Software Development Kit: before 5.0.0

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