Businessobjects Business Intelligence
CVE-2023-28765
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access sensitive data that should not be disclosed by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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An attacker with basic privileges in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) - versions 420, 430, can get access to lcmbiar file and further decrypt the file. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Minimize information in error messages, implement proper access controls, encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit.
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This vulnerability is classified as Exposure of Sensitive Information (CWE-200), which allows attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. An attacker with basic privileges in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) - versions 420, 430, can get access to lcmbiar file and further decrypt the file. After this attacker can gain access to BI user’s passwords and depending on the privileges of the BI user, the attacker can perform operations that can completely compromise the application. Affected products include: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An attacker with basic privileges in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) - versions 420, 430, can get access to lcmbiar file and further decrypt the file. After this attacker can gain access to BI user’s passwords and depending on the privileges of the BI user, the attacker can perform operations that can completely compromise the application.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) - versions 420, 430, under certain condition a
AdminTools in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence, versions 4.1, 4.2, allows an attacker to manipulate the vulnera
SAP Business Objects Installer - versions 420, 430, allows an authenticated attacker within the network to overwrite an
In some workflow of SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (Central Management Console and BI LaunchPad), an authenticated atta
In SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence, versions 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2, while viewing a Web Intelligence report from BI
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite, versions 4.10 and 4.20, and SAP Crystal Reports (version for Visual Stu
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects BI Workspace that allows unauthenticated attacker
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Open Document) - versions 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attack
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (CMC Module), versions 4.10, 4.20 and 4.30, does not sufficiently val
During an update of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, Central Management Server (CMS) - versions 420, 430, authentication
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - versions 420, 430, allows an authenticated attacker to access sensi
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - version 420, 430, allows an unauthorized attacker who had hijacked
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