CVE-2020-6234 Privilege Escalation in SAP Host Agent, SAP security note 2902645

Description

An attacker with Host Agent admin privileges may use the SAP Host Agent’s Operation Framework to gain root privileges over the underlying operating system.

Available fix and Supported packages

SAPHOSTAGENT | 7.21 | 7.21
SAP HOST AGENT 7.21 | SP046 | 000000

Affected component

CVSS

Score: 7.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

PoC

Detailed vulnerability information added to RedRays Security Platform. Contact [email protected] for details.

URL

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2902645

TAGS

#Operation
#ExecuteOperation
#Autoupgrade
#saphostexec
#CVE-2020-6234

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