CVE-2020-6225 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2020-6225

SAP NetWeaver (Knowledge Management), versions (KMC-CM - 7.00, 7.01, 7.02,...

Vulnerability Description

SAP NetWeaver (Knowledge Management), versions (KMC-CM - 7.00, 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 and KMC-WPC 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50), does not sufficiently validate path information provided by users, thus characters representing traverse to parent directory are passed through to the file APIs, allowing the attacker to overwrite, delete, or corrupt arbitrary files on the remote server, leading to Path Traversal.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SAP NetWeaver (Knowledge Management) (KMC-CM), SAP NetWeaver (Knowledge Management) (KMC-WPC)
Vulnerable Versions:
< 7.00, < 7.01, < 7.02, < 7.30, < 7.31, < 7.40, < 7.50

Timeline

Official Publish: April 14th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.