CVE-2020-6338
SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2020-6338 is a vulnerability discovered in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. The vulnerability was reported on July 1, 2020, and publicly disclosed on September 10, 2020. The affected product is SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer version 9 (ZDI Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists within the parsing of RH files and results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can lead to a write past the end of an allocated buffer. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating a high severity level (ZDI Advisory).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. User interaction is required as the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file (ZDI Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

SAP has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the security patch provided by SAP (ZDI Advisory).

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