CVE-2019-14678

moderate-risk

Published 2019-11-14

SAS XML Mapper 9.45 has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability that can be leveraged by malicious attackers in multiple ways. Examples are Local File Reading, Out Of Band File Exfiltration, Server Side Request Forgery, and/or Potential Denial of Service attacks. This vulnerability also affects the XMLV2 LIBNAME engine when the AUTOMAP option is used.

Do I need to act?

0.80% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 10.0/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Xml Mapper

Base Sas

Affected Vendors

Sas

References (4)

Vendor Advisory http://support.sas.com/kb/64/719.html

Exploit https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-14678-Unsafe%2...

Vendor Advisory http://support.sas.com/kb/64/719.html

Exploit https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-14678-Unsafe%2...

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moderate-risk

Severity 33/34 · Critical

Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal

Exposure 7/34 · Low