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CVE-2020-6234

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6234 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in SAP Host Agent, version 7.21. An authenticated attacker with administrative privileges can leverage the operation framework to gain root access to the underlying operating system. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a network attack vector and low attack complexity. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sap:host_agent:7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0356 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,537 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/162084/SAP-Host-Control-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
launchpad.support.sap.com
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
wiki.scn.sap.com / wiki/pages/viewpage.action
Vendor Advisory