CVE-2018-2418 Code injection in SAP MaxDB ODBC driver

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can inject code into the SAP MaxDB ODBC driver to execute arbitrary commands and control application behavior.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-2418?

CVE-2018-2418 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in SAP MaxDB ODBC driver, published on 9 May 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP MaxDB ODBC driver (all versions before 7.9.09.07) allows an attacker to inject code that can be executed by the application. An attacker could thereby control the behavior of the application.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2418?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Maxdb Odbc Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2418?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2418 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2018-2418 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2418 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rxg9-73c5-fc9f.

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