Medium severity · published Dec 12, 2017
CVE-2017-16683
Denial of Service (DOS) in SAP Business Objects Platform, Enterprise 4.10 and 4.20, that could allow an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service
6.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Denial of Service (DOS) in SAP Business Objects Platform, Enterprise 4.10 and 4.20, that could allow an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BU
Businessobjects · Sap
4.10; 4.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16683
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16683
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102146
Vendor Advisory
https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
Permissions Required
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2531656
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