CVE-2020-6236 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting SAP Landscape Management (version 3.0) and SAP Adaptive Extensions (version 1.0). An attacker with admin_group privileges can remotely alter file ownership and permissions, including setting the S-user ID bit, enabling them to execute arbitrary files as the root user from a non-root context. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2 due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:adaptive_extensions:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:landscape_management:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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