Credential disclosure via insecure GuiXT obfuscation
Published May 13, 2025 · Updated May 13, 2025
Plaintext password storage in SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 allows local users to disclose GuiXT-stored user credentials. GuiXT protects stored credentials with an insecure obfuscation algorithm rather than cryptographic protection, allowing stored values to be recovered. Exploitation requires local access to the client; integrity and availability are unaffected.
Summary
What happened
Plaintext password storage in SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 allows local users to disclose GuiXT-stored user credentials. GuiXT protects stored credentials with an insecure obfuscation algorithm rather than cryptographic protection, allowing stored values to be recovered. Exploitation requires local access to the client; integrity and availability are unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-43005
- Published
- May 13, 2025
- Updated
- May 13, 2025
- Vendor
- SAP SE
- Product
- SAP GUI for Windows
- Classifications
- CWE-256, T1555
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=BC-FES-GUI 8.00
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