SB2017080801 - Directory traversal in SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Published: August 8, 2017
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12637)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
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.