SAP GUI 8.00 on Windows GuiXT Application sensitive information

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SAP GUI 8.00 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component GuiXT Application. The manipulation leads to sensitive information. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-42979. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in SAP GUI 8.00 on Windows and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component GuiXT Application. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sensitive information vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-922. The product stores sensitive information without properly limiting read or write access by unauthorized actors. Impacted is confidentiality.
The advisory is shared at me.sap.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-42979 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
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Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.sap.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0
VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
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CNA Base Score: 5.6
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Exploiting
Class: Sensitive informationCWE: CWE-922 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/16/2025 CVE reserved07/08/2025 Advisory disclosed
07/08/2025 VulDB entry created
07/08/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: sap.comAdvisory: me.sap.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-42979 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-42979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315293
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716
Entry
Created: 07/08/2025 07:36Changes: 07/08/2025 07:36 (62)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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