CVE-2008-0244

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 80.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

SAP MaxDB 7.6.03 build 007 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via "&&" and other shell metacharacters in exec_sdbinfo and other unspecified commands, which are executed when MaxDB invokes cons.exe.

Affected products

SAP MaxDB (liveCache): through 7.6.3_build_007

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sapone-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/28409
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3536
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486039/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27206
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019171
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0104
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39573
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4877
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sapone-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/28409
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3536

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