CVE-2018-2478

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-11-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An attacker can use specially crafted inputs to execute commands on the host of a TREX / BWA installation, SAP Basis, versions: 7.0 to 7.02, 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40 and 7.50 to 7.53. Not all commands are possible, only those that can be executed by the <sid>adm user. The commands executed depend upon the privileges of the <sid>adm user.

Affected products

SAP SE Automated Note Search Tool (SAP Basis): from 7.0 through 7.02; from 7.10 through 7.11; from 7.50 through 7.53; 7.30, 7.31, 7.40

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105904
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2675696
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=503809832
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105904
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2675696
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=503809832

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