Vulnerability · Published Nov 10, 2021 · Assigned by sap

CVE-2021-40503

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in SAP GUI for Windows from SAP SE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in SAP GUI for Windows - versions < 7.60 PL13, 7.70 PL4, which allows an attacker with sufficient privileges on the local client-side PC to obtain an equivalent of the user’s password. With this highly sensitive data leaked, the attacker would be able to logon to the backend system the SAP GUI for Windows was connected to and launch further attacks depending on the authorizations of the user.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SAP SE	SAP GUI for Windows	< 7.60 PL13< 7.70 PL4

Weakness: CWE-522

References

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=589496864 x_refsource_MISC
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3080106 x_refsource_MISC