# CVE-2024-34684: Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Scheduling)

> An authenticated local administrator can expose non-admin user credentials, enabling remote file access and modification on the server.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-prf2-4xjw-553w

## What is CVE-2024-34684?

CVE-2024-34684 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 11 Jun 2024. 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

On Unix, SAP BusinessObjects Business
Intelligence Platform (Scheduling) allows an authenticated attacker with
administrator access on the local server to access the password of a local
account. As a result, an attacker can obtain non-administrative user
credentials, which will allow them to read or modify the remote server files.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34684?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-34684?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34684 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34684 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34684 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-2024-34684 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34684 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 11 Jun 2024. 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-2024-34684 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-2024-34684/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34684/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34684
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34684
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34684

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34684/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.