SB2017080801 - Directory traversal in SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Published: August 8, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017080801
Severity
High
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12637)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the vulnerable system.The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in scheduler/ui/js/ffffffffbca41eb4/UIUtilJavaScriptJS component in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java 7.5. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use directory traversal sequences (e.g. "../") to read contents of arbitrary file on vulnerable system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain acces to potentially sensitive information.
Note: there are reports that this vulnerability is being active exploited in the wild in August 2017.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.