Input validation error in SAPCAR - CVE-2025-43001
Published: August 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113821
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43001
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SAP
Affected software:
SAPCAR
SAPCAR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling archives. A local user can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted SAR archive and override the permissions of the current and parent directories of the user or process extracting the archive, leading to privilege escalation
How to mitigate CVE-2025-43001
Install updates from vendor's website.