# CVE-2022-35169: Information disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (LCM)

> An admin can read and decrypt LCMBIAR file passwords, allowing modification or import into other systems, impacting confidentiality.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hfqp-3m4c-35gc

## What is CVE-2022-35169?

CVE-2022-35169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 12 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (LCM) - versions 420, 430, allows an attacker with an admin privilege to read and decrypt LCMBIAR file's password under certain conditions, enabling the attacker to modify the password or import the file into another system causing high impact on confidentiality but a limited impact on the availability and integrity of the application.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35169?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-35169?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-35169 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

- [CVE-2023-0018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0018/): Cross-site scripting in BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central management console) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-0022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0022/): Code Injection vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (Analysis edition for OLAP) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-6242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6242/): Auth bypass in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Live Data Connect) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26831/): XML external entity in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (Crystal Report) (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-6219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6219/): Deserialization in Crystal Reports for VS (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35169 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-35169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 12 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform. 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-2022-35169/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35169/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35169
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35169
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35169

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.