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Code Snippet 1
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Code Snippet 2
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Code Snippet 1 Vulnerability: Insecure direct object reference Fix: Ensure userid belongs to logged-in user. The potential vulnerability here is not about SQL injection but about the direct use of a user-provided userid without verifying whether the user is authorized to view or interact with the specified user ID, which leads to Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR). Code Snippet 2 Vulnerability: Command injection Fix: Perform input sanitization of the userid field. There is no evidence in the provided code of credentials being passed or an "authenticated" value being present or checked. The vulnerability here is not related to credential handling but to the execution of potentially unsafe commands.
The solution is completely incorrect: Snippet 1: Vulnerability: Insecure direct object reference (IDOR) Fix: Ensure userid belong to logged-in user Snippet 2: Vulnerability: Command injection Fix: Remove the serve_forever instruction.
Actually the fix for snippet 2 should be: Perform input sanitization for userid field
Uncle_Lucifer said that he passed the simulation with the given solution. That's going to be hard to refute.
How would he know? You don't receive feedback saying you got the question right or wrong.
Snippet1 = SQL Injection; Snippet 2 = Command Injection - fix for both is Perform Input Sanitation. I recreated it and asked Gemini
it cannot be idor, if people are going just by the ?userid=103 then by that logic answer to both is idor. Number one is SQL innjection, just enter logic bomb instead of userid and it will list all users. Second script is using ldapsearch utility, which is a command line util. I see a good chance of injecting malicious commands unless input is sanitized.
I was initially sold on SQL Injection for Snip1, but I also don't know Java. This led me to research the code. The "PreparedStatement" is a common method for preventing SQL injection which treats the users' input as a placeholder vs. directly inserted in the query string. Snip1: IDOR - Ensure 'userid' belongs to logged-in user. Snip2 is in Python and made more sense to me and process of elimination got me to Command Injection but still had to research what was going on. When they define 'get_request' the userid parameter ends up being directly inserted into a shell command via 'ldaplookup' > 'accountlookup' in the 'subprocess.popen' command. So... replacing userid with a malicious command ends up as a shell command. Snip2: Command Injection - Perform input sanitization of the userid field
I im pretty sure 1 is IDOR
These answers are correct. The pentest+ exam has a similar vulnerability/attack identification section. First one is certainly an SQL injection and input sanitization/parametrized queries are always the go to. The second one is clearly a get request to find/grab credentials
Does anyone know if this is correct?
yes it is. I passed all my PBQ and simulation. This came out. I took it this week.