CVE-2018-2481 Privilege escalation in SAP ABA
A malicious user can execute unauthorized transactions by exploiting reserved customer transaction codes in SAP standard roles, leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2018-2481?
CVE-2018-2481 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP_ABA, published on 13 Nov 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In some SAP standard roles, in SAP_ABA versions, 7.00 to 7.02, 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, 75C to 75D, a transaction code reserved for customer is used. By implementing such transaction code a malicious user may execute unauthorized transaction functionality.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2481?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Advanced Business Application Programming.
How do I fix CVE-2018-2481?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2481 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-2481 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2481 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-26pg-vhv9-6fgm.