Privilege escalation via signed archive permission override
Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Privilege escalation in SAPCAR 7.22EXT and 7.53 allows local users with high privileges to alter critical files through archive extraction. During extraction, SAPCAR applies archive-controlled permission settings to the current and parent directories without invalidating the signed archive. Exploitation requires high local privileges and user interaction; the resulting permission changes enable further privilege escalation.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in SAPCAR 7.22EXT and 7.53 allows local users with high privileges to alter critical files through archive extraction. During extraction, SAPCAR applies archive-controlled permission settings to the current and parent directories without invalidating the signed archive. Exploitation requires high local privileges and user interaction; the resulting permission changes enable further privilege escalation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-43001
- Published
- Jul 8, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- SAP SE
- Product
- SAPCAR
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T1222.002, T1222.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.22EXT
- Affected versionversion=SAP_CAR 7.53
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