CVE-2015-3980
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSQL injection vulnerability in the Business Rules Framework (CRM-BF-BRF) in SAP CRM allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors, aka SAP Security Note 2097534.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in SAP CRM's Business Rules Framework (CRM-BF-BRF) allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary SQL commands through unspecified input vectors. This is a classic SQL injection flaw that bypasses proper input sanitization in the business rules processing logic.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify SAP CRM installationQuery SAP system tables (like V 系统) or use transaction code SM51 to confirm SAP CRM component is installedAffected if SAP Customer Relationship Management is present on the system
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Identify Business Rules Framework componentUse transaction code SE16 to examine table CRMC_BRF_CONF or check component usage via transaction code SA38 running report CRM_BF_COMPONENTS_CHECK to see if CRM-BF-BRF is activeAffected if Business Rules Framework (CRM-BF-BRF) component is enabled or configured in the SAP CRM system
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Check for BRF-related custom business rulesUse transaction code BRF+ to navigate to the business rules workspace and identify any custom rule definitions that process user-supplied inputAffected if Custom business rules exist in BRF that accept external input parameters without proper validation
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Verify security note 2097534 statusUse transaction code SNOTE or run report SAPNOTE_EFFECTIVE_CHECK to determine if SAP Security Note 2097534 has been implementedAffected if Security Note 2097534 has NOT been applied to the system
A user is affected if SAP CRM is installed with the Business Rules Framework component active and Security Note 2097534 has not been applied.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply SAP Security Note 2097534 which provides the vendor patch for this vulnerability. As a compensating control, review and restrict access to the Business Rules Framework component and implement WAF rules to detect SQL injection patterns until the patch can be deployed.
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