SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-40501

SAP ABAP Platform Kernel - versions 7.77, 7.81, 7.85, 7.86, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated business user, resulting in escalation of privileges.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 0.76%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

SAP ABAP Platform Kernel - versions 7.77, 7.81, 7.85, 7.86, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated business user, resulting in escalation of privileges. That means this business user is able to read and modify data beyond the vulnerable system. However, the attacker can neither significantly reduce the performance of the system nor stop the system.

CVSS 3.1
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.76% probability · 53th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-862
Affected
sap/abap platform kernel
Source
cna@sap.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.