Vulnerability · Published Jul 11, 2023 · Assigned by sap

CVE-2023-33990Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in SAP SQL Anywhere

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in SAP SQL Anywhere 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 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

SAP SQL Anywhere - version 17.0, allows an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing the service by crashing the service. An attacker with low privileged account and access to the local system can write into the shared memory objects. This can be leveraged by an attacker to perform a Denial of Service. Further, an attacker might be able to modify sensitive data in shared memory objects.This issue only affects SAP SQL Anywhere on Windows. Other platforms are not impacted.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SAP_SE SAP SQL Anywhere 17.0

Weakness: CWE-732, CWE-277 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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