# CVE-2020-6236: Privilege escalation in SAP Adaptive Extensions

> An attacker with admin_group privileges can modify file permissions to execute arbitrary files as root, leading to privilege escalation in SAP Landscape Management.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qrvg-vrjq-42gc

## What is CVE-2020-6236?

CVE-2020-6236 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Extensions, published on 14 Apr 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP Landscape Management, version 3.0, and SAP Adaptive Extensions, version 1.0, allows an attacker with admin_group privileges to change ownership and permissions (including S-user ID bit s-bit) of arbitrary files remotely. This results in the possibility to execute these files as root user from a non-root context, leading to Privilege Escalation.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6236?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Adaptive Extensions, Sap Landscape Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6236?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6236 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6236 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6236 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6236 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Extensions, published on 14 Apr 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6236 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Adaptive Extensions. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6236/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6236/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6236
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6236
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6236

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6236/
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