CVE-2025-42992

Privilege escalation via malicious archive permissions

Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Incorrect privilege assignment in SAPCAR 7.53 and 7.22EXT allows local users with high privileges to escalate via a malicious SAR archive. SAP has disclosed only that archive creation can encode critical-file and directory permissions without invalidating the archive signature; the exact permission-assignment locus is not public. Exploitation requires high-privilege local access and user interaction, and it primarily permits unauthorized changes to protected system resources.

CVSS severity6.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.12%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Incorrect privilege assignment in SAPCAR 7.53 and 7.22EXT allows local users with high privileges to escalate via a malicious SAR archive. SAP has disclosed only that archive creation can encode critical-file and directory permissions without invalidating the archive signature; the exact permission-assignment locus is not public. Exploitation requires high-privilege local access and user interaction, and it primarily permits unauthorized changes to protected system resources.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-42992
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
SAP SE
Product
SAPCAR
Classifications
CWE-266, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.22EXT
  2. Affected versionversion=SAP_CAR 7.53

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

SAP SE · SAPCARversion=7.22EXT; version=SAP_CAR 7.53

Published CVSS scores

6.9SAP SECVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-266Incorrect Privilege Assignment
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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