Skip links
Picture of Vahagn Vardanian

Vahagn Vardanian

Co-founder and CTO of RedRays

Missing Authorization check in SAP Vehicle Management System (VMS), SAP security note 2501605

SAP Note 2501605
SAP Security Note
Medium priority

SAP security note 2501605, "Missing Authorization check in SAP Vehicle Management System (VMS)", is a note released on 09.07.2019. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

ComponentIndustry-Specific Components > Automotive > Vehicle Management System (IS-A-VMS)
PriorityCorrection with medium priority
TypeSAP Security Note
StatusReleased for Customer
Released on09.07.2019

Description

Symptom

SAP VMS (IS-A-VMS) does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges.

Some well-known impacts of missing authorization checks are:

  • Abuse of functionality restricted to a particular user group
  • Reading, modifying, or deleting restricted data

Solution

Implement the correction instructions provided in this note.

Reason and prerequisites

SAP VMS does not contain authorization checks for verifying an authenticated user’s authorization to access certain functions. This may result in undesired system behavior.

CVSS

Score 5.3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected components

  • SAPSCORE 110
  • S4CORE 100, 101, 102
  • ECC-DIMP 600, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 616, 617, 618

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 2501605

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

Explore More