CVE-2020-6247
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated...
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service. Using a specially crafted request, the attacker can crash or flood the Central Management Server, thereby impacting system availability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service. Using a specially crafted request, the attacker can crash or flood the Central Management Server, thereby impacting system availability.
- Record
CVE-2020-6247- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-27397
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service. Using a specially crafted request, the attacker can crash or flood the Central Management Server, thereby impacting system availability.
- Record
EUVD-2020-27397- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wq2w-hx52-r5gj No score
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated...
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service. Using a specially crafted request, the attacker can crash or flood the Central Management Server, thereby impacting system availability.
- Record
GHSA-wq2w-hx52-r5gj- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an unauthenticated attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service. Using a specially crafted request, the attacker can crash or flood the Central Management Server, thereby impacting system availability.
- Record
CVE-2020-6247- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-6247 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Sap Se Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, published May 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.