CVE-2018-2484
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 · uneditedSAP Enterprise Financial Services (fixed in SAPSCORE 1.13, 1.14, 1.15; S4CORE 1.01, 1.02, 1.03; EA-FINSERV 1.10, 2.0, 5.0, 6.0, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18, 8.0; Bank/CFM 4.63_20) does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges.
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 · high confidenceSAP Enterprise Financial Services contains an authorization bypass vulnerability where authenticated users can escalate privileges by bypassing necessary authorization checks. This allows standard users to gain elevated access to financial functions and data they should not have permission to view or modify.
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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 data= 1.13= 1.14= 1.15= 1.01= 1.02= 1.03= 1.10= 2.0= 5.0= 6.0= 6.03= 6.04= 6.05= 6.06= 6.16= 6.17= 6.18= 8.0= 4.63_20CVSS 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
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Identify SAP Sapscore versionExecute transaction code SMDA or use SAPMMC to view installed SAP Sapscore component version, or check the SAP System Version information via transaction SM37Affected if Installed version equals 1.13, 1.14, or 1.15
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Identify SAP S4core versionExecute transaction code SMDA or use SAPMMC to view installed S/4HANA core component version, or check the SAP System Version via transaction SM37Affected if Installed version equals 1.01, 1.02, or 1.03
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Identify SAP EA Finserv versionExecute transaction code SPAM or SAINT to view installed Enterprise Architecture Financial Services component version, or check via transaction SM30 for table version informationAffected if Installed version equals 1.10, 2.0, 5.0, 6.0, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18, or 8.0
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Identify SAP Bank/CFM versionExecute transaction code SPAM or SAINT to view installed Banking/CFM component version, or check via transaction SM30 for table version informationAffected if Installed version equals 4.63_20
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Verify authorization role configurationReview SAP financial authorization roles using transaction PFCG to check if role assignments properly restrict access to financial functions and data per segregation of duties requirementsAffected if Roles grant excessive privileges or lack proper authorization checks for financial transactions
Your environment is affected if any of the SAP components (Sapscore, S4core, EA Finserv, or Bank/CFM) are running at the specific versions listed AND standard authenticated users can access financial functions beyond their intended authorization level.
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 the appropriate SAP patches (SAPSCORE 1.13+, S4CORE 1.01+, EA-FINSERV 6.18+/8.0, or Bank/CFM 4.63_20) and verify that authorization roles are correctly configured to enforce proper segregation of duties.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-2484 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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