Vulnerability in SAP Plant Connectivity
CVE-2017-16690
A malicious DLL preload attack possible on NwSapSetup and Installation self-extracting program for SAP Plant Connectivity 2.3 and 15.0. It is possible that SAPSetup / NwSapSetup.exe loads system DLLs like DWMAPI.dll (located in your Syswow64 / System32 folder) from the folder the executable is in and not from the system location. The desired behavior is that system dlls are only loaded from the system folders. If a dll with the same name as the system dll is located in the same folder as the executable, this dll is loaded and code is executed.
EPSS: 0.011 (61.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Sap Plant_connectivity — versions 2.3, 15.0
- Sap Plant Connectivity — versions 2.3; 15.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cna@sap.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cna@sap.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cna@sap.com (Permissions Required, x_refsource_CONFIRM)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-16690?
- CVE-2017-16690 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Plant Connectivity, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-12-12.
- How severe is CVE-2017-16690?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.