# CVE-2020-6239: Information disclosure in SAP Business One (Backup service)

> An attacker with admin permissions can view the SYSTEM user password in clear text, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rcpp-h3p8-h5v5

## What is CVE-2020-6239?

CVE-2020-6239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Business One (Backup service), published on 10 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Under certain conditions SAP Business One (Backup service), versions 9.3, 10.0, allows an attacker with admin permissions to view SYSTEM user password in clear text, leading to Information Disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6239?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Business One.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6239?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6239 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6239 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6239 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Business One (Backup service)

- [CVE-2021-33698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33698/): File upload in SAP Business One (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-38180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38180/): Code injection in SAP Business One (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-31403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31403/): Improper Access Control vulnerability in SAP Business One product installation (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2016-6256](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6256/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2022-31593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31593/): Code injection in SAP Business One (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6239 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Business One (Backup service), published on 10 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6239 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Business One (Backup service). 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-2020-6239/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6239/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6239
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6239
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6239

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