Privilege Escalation via Crafted ConfigureOutsideDiscovery Request in SAP Host Agent (Start Service) - Versions 7.21, 7.22

CVE-2023-24523 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

An attacker authenticated as a non-admin user with local access to a server port assigned to the SAP Host Agent (Start Service) - versions 7.21, 7.22, can submit a crafted ConfigureOutsideDiscovery request with an operating system command which will be executed with administrator privileges.  The OS command can read or modify any user or system data and can make the system unavailable.

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