CVE-2021-44231
SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2021-44231 is a security vulnerability affecting SAP ABAP Server & ABAP Platform (Translation Tools) across multiple versions including 701, 740, 750-756, and 804. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 14, 2021, as part of SAP's Security Patch Day. The issue exists in internally used text extraction reports that could allow code injection capabilities (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-94, which relates to improper control of code generation (AttackerKB).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an attacker to inject code that can be executed by the application, potentially leading to complete control over the application's behavior. The high CVSS score indicates severe potential impacts on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

SAP has released security patches to address this vulnerability as part of their December 2021 Security Patch Day. Organizations are advised to apply the relevant security patches detailed in SAP Note 3119365 (SAP Security Patch).

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