# CVE-2023-39440: Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

> An attacker with local access can retrieve user credentials due to improper memory clearing in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gh99-56qc-35cc

## What is CVE-2023-39440?

CVE-2023-39440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence, published on 8 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence - version 420,  If a user logs in to a particular program, under certain specific conditions memory might not be cleared up properly, due to which attacker might be able to get access to user credentials. For a successful attack, the attacker needs to have local access to the system. There is no impact on availability and integrity.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39440?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39440?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39440 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-39440 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39440 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

- [CVE-2023-40622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40622/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-41203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41203/): Deserialization in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Console and BI Launchpad) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-28765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28765/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management ) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-2445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2445/): Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-28762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28762/): Information Disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-39440 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence, published on 8 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39440 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence. 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-2023-39440/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39440/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39440
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39440
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39440

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