A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SAP BusinessObjects 4.2/4.3. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SAP BusinessObjects, versions 4.2 and 4.3, (Visual Difference) allows an attacker to upload any file (including script files) without proper file format validation.

The bug was discovered 02/12/2019. The weakness was presented 02/15/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-0259 since 11/26/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/10/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-267371, VDB-271976, VDB-271985 and VDB-272500 for similar entries.

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