CVE-2021-40499
Published: 12 October 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-40499 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Application Server Abap. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 27.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-27675
Vulnerability details
Client-side printing services SAP Cloud Print Manager and SAPSprint for SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP - versions 7.70, 7.70 PI, 7.70 BYD, allow an attacker to inject code that can be executed by the application. An attacker could thereby…
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control the behavior of the application.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.