Medium severity · published Apr 11, 2023
CVE-2023-29186
In SAP NetWeaver (BI CONT ADDON) - versions 707, 737, 747, 757, an attacker can exploit a directory traversal flaw in a report to upload and overwrite files on the SAP server
6.5
CVSS
23%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In SAP NetWeaver (BI CONT ADDON) - versions 707, 737, 747, 757, an attacker can exploit a directory traversal flaw in a report to upload and overwrite files on the SAP server. Data cannot be read but if a remote attacker has sufficient (administrative) privileges then potentially critical OS files can be overwritten making the system unavailable.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.0% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Netweaver · Sap
707; 737; 747; 757 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29186
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29186
Permissions Required
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3305907
Vendor Advisory
https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
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