CVE-2014-6283

Summary

CVECVE-2014-6283
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-17 23:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionSAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7 before SP122 or SP63, 15.5 before ESD#5.4, and 15.0.3 before ESD#4.4 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote authenticated database users to (1) overwrite the master encryption key or (2) trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted RPC message to the hacmpmsgxchg function, and possibly other vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0.3 All All All
Application Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.5 All All All
Application Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www3.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2014-013.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www3.trustwave.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Acknowledgments to Security Researchers - Previ... | SCN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scn.sap.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2014-6283: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability and Potential Remote Code Execution in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise - SpiderLabs Anterior af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.spiderlabs.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA61238 - Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise "hacmpmsgxchg()" Security Bypass and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2044220 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 service.sap.com Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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