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Potential information disclosure relating to SAP Customizing, SAP security note 2182842

SAP Note 2182842
SAP Security Note
High priority

SAP security note 2182842, "Potential information disclosure relating to SAP Customizing", is a program error note released on 11.08.2015. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

ComponentBasis Components > Customizing > Customizing Tools (Technicals) > View Maintenance Tool
CategoryProgram error
PriorityCorrection with high priority
TypeSAP Security Note
Version2
StatusReleased for Customer
Released on11.08.2015
LanguageEnglish

Description

Symptom

An attacker can discover information relating to SAP Customizing of SAP Business Applications. This information could be used to allow the attacker to specialize their attacks against SAP Business Applications in different clients or tenants.

Solution

The correction ensures that the client restrictions apply. This security note is relevant only and exactly for 731 SP08 and 740 SP03. For further information as well as the correction, please refer to SAP Note 1859065.

Reason and prerequisites

Information such as the SAP Business Configuration can be discovered using SAP Customizing. This information may be used by an attacker to further target SAP Business Applications residing in a different client.

References

Affected components

  • SAP_BASIS 731 to 731
  • SAP_BASIS 740 to 740

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 2182842

Detailed exploitation and proof-of-concept material for this note is maintained in the RedRays Security Platform. For access, contact [email protected].

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