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CVE-2022-22528

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) - version 16.0, installation makes an entry in the system PATH environment variable in Windows platform which, under certain conditions, allows a Standard User to execute malicious Windows binaries which may lead to privilege escalation on the local system. The issue is with the ASE installer and does not impact other ASE binaries.

Affected products

• SAP SE SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise: 16.0

References

• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3140564
• https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3140564
• https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

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