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CVE-2014-0984

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The passwordCheck function in SAP Router 721 patch 117, 720 patch 411, 710 patch 029, and earlier terminates validation of a Route Permission Table entry password upon encountering the first incorrect character, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to incorrect password guesses, aka a timing side-channel attack.

Affected products

• SAP Router: 710-029, 720-411, 721-117

References

• http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8218
• http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/sap-router-password-timing-attack
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32919
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531854/100/0/threaded
• https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1986895
• http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8218
• http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/sap-router-password-timing-attack
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32919
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531854/100/0/threaded
• https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1986895

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