[Full-Disclosure] sql injection question

["Richard Stevens" <richard@tccnet.co.uk>]

Quick question for the list, if I may,

We have a third party application that we are piloting for using as web store 
front end.

I have no idea on programming sql at all, but have read of some of the sql 
injection techniques on this list.

In the search box on the app, by inserting  ' followed by a space, the 
following message is generated:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Technical Information (for support personnel)

Error Type:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers (0x80040E14)
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect syntax near ' 
insert into @promtable select a.ItemCode, a.SysNumber, a.TechDescription, 
a.InvoiceDescription, a.Classification, a.ProductGrou'.
/eshop/search.asp, line 265


Browser Type:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) 

Page:
GET 
/eshop/search.asp?SessionId=PR10006210200315411635Q3TLJ310ELW679PQ7Y&QuickSearch=%27+
 

Time:
Wednesday, October 15, 2003, 4:45:30 PM 




Also, the password for SA is stored in clear text in the site in a text config 
file. This would not strike me as being sensible.

These are both ringing alarm bells !

From this info, would you assume it would be easy for someone skilled in sql 
injection to get unauthorised access to the database?.. or is it not that 
simple?

The input seems to be filtered correctly on the logon.asp, as entering these 
characters has no apparent effect.

TIA

Richard

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