CVE-2023-40623
SAP BusinessObjects Suite Installer - version 420, 430, allows an attacker within the network to create a directory under temporary directory and link it to a directory with operating system files. On successful exploitation the attacker can delete all the operating system files causing a limited impact on integrity and completely compromising the availability of the system.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 6.2
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.15%
- CWE
- CWE-1386
- Published
- 2023-09-12
- Last modified
- 2026-03-13
Affected products
- SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Suite (Installer)
- SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Suite (Installer)
Weakness type
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