Under certain conditions the SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, version 16.0, allows an attacker to access encrypted sensitive and confidentia…

published 2020-08-12 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-27445

cvss: 7.0; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

Under certain conditions the SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, version 16.0, allows an attacker to access encrypted sensitive and confidential information through publicly readable installation log files leading to a compromise of the installed Cockpit. This compromise could enable the attacker to view, modify and/or make unavailable any data associated with the Cockpit, leading to Information Disclosure.

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Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

SAP SE SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Technology feeds

SAP ASE rss critical rss

References

wiki.scn.sap.com /wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=552603345
vendor-advisory
launchpad.support.sap.com /#/notes/2941332
permissions-required

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-6295
NVD CVE-2020-6295

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