What is CVE-2016-3973?

CVE-2016-3973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Netweaver Application Server Java, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-3973?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in SAP Netweaver Application Server Java

CVE-2016-3973

The chat feature in the Real-Time Collaboration (RTC) services 7.3 and 7.4 in SAP NetWeaver Java AS 7.1 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information by visiting webdynpro/resources/sap.com/tc~rtc~coll.appl.rtc~wd_chat/Chat#, pressing "Add users", and doing a search, aka SAP Security Note 2255990.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.024 (82.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Sap Netweaver_application_server_java
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3973?: CVE-2016-3973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Netweaver Application Server Java, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-3973?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.