Remote Code Injection in SAP Web Application Server by unauthorized byte manipulation

CVE-2006-1039

What is CVE-2006-1039?

A vulnerability exists in the SAP Web Application Server (WebAS) Kernel prior to version 7.0 that allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary bytes into the HTTP response. This exploitation may enable the attacker to gain access to sensitive authentication credentials or facilitate additional unauthorized actions on the server by manipulating encoded HTTP headers. Proper methodologies ought to be implemented to secure HTTP header processing and validate incoming requests to mitigate potential intrusions.

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