SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 on Windows Environment Variable access control

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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 on Windows and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Environment Variable Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-22528. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Environment Variable Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at launchpad.support.sap.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-22528 since 01/04/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
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Product
Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.sap.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
01/04/2022 🔍02/10/2022 🔍
02/10/2022 🔍
02/25/2026 🔍
Sources
Vendor: sap.comAdvisory: launchpad.support.sap.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-22528 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22528
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-192727
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716
Entry
Created: 02/10/2022 11:42Updated: 02/25/2026 06:00
Changes: 02/10/2022 11:42 (39), 02/13/2022 15:24 (1), 02/25/2026 06:00 (33)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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