CVE-2021-44231 (GCVE-0-2021-44231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-14 15:44 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:17
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Summary
Internally used text extraction reports allow an attacker to inject code that can be executed by the application. An attacker could thereby control the behavior of the application.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Code injection
Assigner
sap CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 117 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SAP SE SAP ABAP Server & ABAP Platform (Translation Tools) Affected: < 701
Affected: < 740
Affected: < 750
Affected: < 751
Affected: < 752
Affected: < 753
Affected: < 754
Affected: < 755
Affected: < 756
Affected: < 804
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