High severity · published May 12, 2020
CVE-2020-6247
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service. Using a specially crafted request, the attacker can crash or flood the Central Management Server, thereby impacting system availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BB
Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform · Sap
4.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
BB
Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform
Sap
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6247
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6247
Permissions Required
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2828558
Vendor Advisory
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=545396222
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