SAP TREX/BWA/Basis up to 7.53 input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAP TREX, BWA and Basis up to 7.02/7.11/7.31/7.40/7.53. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-2478. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SAP TREX, BWA and Basis up to 7.02/7.11/7.31/7.40/7.53. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An attacker can use specially crafted inputs to execute commands on the host of a TREX / BWA installation, SAP Basis, versions: 7.0 to 7.02, 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40 and 7.50 to 7.53. Not all commands are possible, only those that can be executed by the <sid>adm user. The commands executed depend upon the privileges of the <sid>adm user.

The bug was discovered 11/13/2018. The weakness was published 11/13/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-2478 since 12/15/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/12/2020).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105904†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• SAP

Name

• Basis
• BWA
• TREX

Version

• 7.0
• 7.02
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9
• 7.10
• 7.11
• 7.12
• 7.13
• 7.14
• 7.15
• 7.16
• 7.17
• 7.18
• 7.19
• 7.20
• 7.21
• 7.22
• 7.23
• 7.24
• 7.25
• 7.26
• 7.27
• 7.28
• 7.29
• 7.30
• 7.31
• 7.32
• 7.33
• 7.34
• 7.35
• 7.36
• 7.37
• 7.38
• 7.39
• 7.40
• 7.41
• 7.42
• 7.43
• 7.44
• 7.45
• 7.46
• 7.47
• 7.48
• 7.49
• 7.50
• 7.51
• 7.52
• 7.53

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sap.com/

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