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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:host_agent:7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.