CVE-2018-2380: SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Path Traversal Vulnerability

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-2380 is a medium (CVSS 6.6) Path Traversal vulnerability in SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM). It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 03-11-2021. It has been used in ransomware campaigns. EPSS estimates a 28.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 01-03-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-11-2021
   Added to CISA KEVSAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Path Traversal Vulnerability
3. 03-05-2022
   CISA remediation dueApply updates per vendor instructions.
4. 21-10-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SAP CRM, 7.01, 7.02,7.30, 7.31, 7.33, 7.54, allows an attacker to exploit insufficient validation of path information provided by users, thus characters representing "traverse to parent directory" are passed through to the file APIs.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.