What is CVE-2020-6236?

CVE-2020-6236 is a vulnerability in SAP Landscape Management version 3.0 and SAP Adaptive Extensions version 1.0 that allows an attacker with admin_group privileges to remotely change ownership and permissions of arbitrary files, potentially enabling the execution of these files as the root user.

What is the severity of CVE-2020-6236?

The severity of CVE-2020-6236 is high, with a CVSS score of 7.2.

How can an attacker exploit CVE-2020-6236?

An attacker with admin_group privileges can exploit CVE-2020-6236 by remotely changing ownership and permissions of arbitrary files, potentially enabling the execution of these files as the root user.

Are there any references for CVE-2020-6236?

Yes, you can find references for CVE-2020-6236 at the following links: [Reference 1](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2902456) and [Reference 2](https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=544214202).

Vulnerability/
CVE-2020-6236

high

7.2

CWE

269

14/4/2020

15/4/2020

CVE-2020-6236

First published: Tue Apr 14 2020(Updated: )

SAP Landscape Management, version 3.0, and SAP Adaptive Extensions, version 1.0, allows an attacker with admin_group privileges to change ownership and permissions (including S-user ID bit s-bit) of arbitrary files remotely. This results in the possibility to execute these files as root user from a non-root context, leading to Privilege Escalation.

Credit: cna@sap.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
SAP Adaptive Extensions	=1.0
SAP Landscape Management	=3.0

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What is CVE-2020-6236?
CVE-2020-6236 is a vulnerability in SAP Landscape Management version 3.0 and SAP Adaptive Extensions version 1.0 that allows an attacker with admin_group privileges to remotely change ownership and permissions of arbitrary files, potentially enabling the execution of these files as the root user.
What is the severity of CVE-2020-6236?
The severity of CVE-2020-6236 is high, with a CVSS score of 7.2.
What software versions are affected by CVE-2020-6236?
SAP Landscape Management version 3.0 and SAP Adaptive Extensions version 1.0 are affected by CVE-2020-6236.
How can an attacker exploit CVE-2020-6236?
An attacker with admin_group privileges can exploit CVE-2020-6236 by remotely changing ownership and permissions of arbitrary files, potentially enabling the execution of these files as the root user.
Are there any references for CVE-2020-6236?
Yes, you can find references for CVE-2020-6236 at the following links: [Reference 1](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2902456) and [Reference 2](https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=544214202).

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