VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16691

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

SAP Note Assistant tool (SAP BASIS from 7.00 to 7.02, from 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31,7.40, from 7.50 to 7.52) supports upload of digitally signed note file of type 'SAR'. The digital signature verification is done together with the extraction of note file contained in the SAR archive. It is possible to append a tampered file to the SAR archive using SAPCAR tool and during the extraction, digital signature verification fails but the tampered file is extracted.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references