CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2022-29614 — Sap Host Agent security vulnerability
SAP startservice - of SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, Application Server Java, ABAP Platform and HANA Database - versions KERNEL 7.22, 7.49, 7.53, 7.77, 7.81, 7.85, 7.86, 7.87, 7.88, KRNL64NUC 7.22, 7.22EXT, 7.49, KRNL64UC 7.22, 7.22EXT, 7.49, 7.53, SAPHOSTAGENT 7.22, - on Unix systems, s-bit helper program sapuxuserchk, can be abused physically resulting in a privilege escalation of an attacker leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity, but a profound impact on availability.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5 (3.1)
- Published
- 2022-06-14
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- java/maven
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Affected products
- sap / host_agent / 7.22
- sap / netweaver_abap / kernel_7.22
- sap / netweaver_abap / kernel_7.49
- sap / netweaver_abap / kernel_7.53
- sap / netweaver_abap / kernel_7.77
- sap / netweaver_abap / kernel_7.81
Matched remediation archetype
Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management
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Check exposure
- Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
- Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
- Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
- Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
- Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.
Authoritative sources
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