SAP security note 1918333, "Missing authorization check in SAP Background Processing", is a note. Below are the symptom and SAP recommended solution.
Description
Symptom
An authenticated user can use functions of SAP Background Processing to which access should be restricted. This may result in an escalation of privileges.
Solution
Authorization check on S_RZL_ADM is added to these functions.
Read and write access is checked for activity “01”; read-only access in case of an access through an RFC connection checks for activity “03”.
Please implement the support package mentioned in this note or apply the respective correction instruction. For the correction instructions, security note 1917381 is a mandatory pre-condition.
Reason and prerequisites
SAP Background Processing does not contain authorization checks for checking an authenticated user’s authorization to access some of its functions. This may result in undesired system behavior.
CVSS
Score 3.5 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 1918333
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