CVE-2020-6236
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 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.
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 Landscape Management 3.0 and SAP Adaptive Extensions 1.0 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability where an authenticated attacker with admin_group privileges can change ownership and permissions (including SUID bits) of arbitrary files remotely. This allows execution of those files as root from a non-root context, enabling complete system compromise.
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 data= 1.0= 3.0CVSS 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
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 installed SAP Landscape Management versionQuery the SAP system for the installed version of SAP Landscape Management (e.g., via SAP LM installer, SAP Support Portal, or SAP system information files)Affected if Version is exactly 3.0 (the specific affected version)
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Identify installed SAP Adaptive Extensions versionQuery the SAP system for the installed version of SAP Adaptive Extensions (check SAP component metadata or version files in the SAP directory structure)Affected if Version is exactly 1.0 (the specific affected version)
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Check for admin_group privilege assignmentReview user account privileges within the SAP Landscape Management system to determine if any account has admin_group permissions assignedAffected if Any user account possesses admin_group privileges in the SAP system
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Audit for unauthorized SUID filesScan the operating system for SUID files in unexpected locations, particularly outside standard SAP binary directories, using commands like 'find / -perm -4000 2>/dev/null'Affected if New or unexpected SUID files appear on the system, especially for binaries that should not have elevated privileges
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Review file ownership and permission change logsCheck SAP Landscape Management audit logs and system audit logs for file ownership or permission modifications, particularly involving root-owned filesAffected if Evidence exists of unauthorized ownership or permission changes on system files
A user is affected if their environment runs SAP Landscape Management 3.0 or SAP Adaptive Extensions 1.0 and any account with admin_group privileges exists, as the vulnerability allows privilege escalation through arbitrary file permission manipulation.
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 available SAP security patch for CVE-2020-6236. Restrict admin_group privileges to minimum necessary personnel and audit all privileged accounts for signs of compromise.
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- Review / QA8.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-6236 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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