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| − | LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Injection is an attack used to exploit web based applications | + | LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Injection is an attack used to exploit web based applications that construct LDAP statements from user input. When an application fails to sufficiently sanatize user input, it may be possible for an attacker to alter the construction of an LDAP statement. Due to the nature of web based applications the process will be run with the same permissions as the web server itself. Thus this could result in the execution of the command. Such a scenario could result in granting permissions to query, modify or remove anything inside the LDAP tree. |
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Revision as of 00:26, 19 October 2006
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Description
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Injection is an attack used to exploit web based applications that construct LDAP statements from user input. When an application fails to sufficiently sanatize user input, it may be possible for an attacker to alter the construction of an LDAP statement. Due to the nature of web based applications the process will be run with the same permissions as the web server itself. Thus this could result in the execution of the command. Such a scenario could result in granting permissions to query, modify or remove anything inside the LDAP tree.
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Category:Lack of Input Validation
