CVE-2018-2478 Command injection in SAP Basis (TREX / BWA installation)
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on SAP Basis TREX/BWA hosts via crafted inputs, limited by the <sid>adm user privileges.
- 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-2018-2478?
CVE-2018-2478 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in SAP Basis (TREX / BWA installation), published on 13 Nov 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An attacker can use specially crafted inputs to execute commands on the host of a TREX / BWA installation, SAP Basis, versions: 7.0 to 7.02, 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40 and 7.50 to 7.53. Not all commands are possible, only those that can be executed by the <sid>adm user. The commands executed depend upon the privileges of the <sid>adm user.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2478?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Basis.
How do I fix CVE-2018-2478?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2018-2478 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2478 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in SAP Basis (TREX / BWA installation)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wxfr-9w7h-p9c2.