⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2021-11-03. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-05-03. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2016-3976

CWE-22Path Traversal6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
81.5%
top 0.82%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2021-11-03
Due 2022-05-03
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedApr 7
KEV addedNov 3
Latest updateApr 30
KEV dueMay 3
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.1 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the fileName parameter to CrashFileDownloadServlet, aka SAP Security Note 2234971.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDsap/netweaver_application7.107.50

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jvxp-2488-w24g: Directory traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS Java 72022-04-30
CVEList
CVE-2016-3976: Directory traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS Java 72016-04-07
VulnCheck
SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability2016

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.1 < 7.5 - Directory Traversal2016-06-21

📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability2021-11-03
CVE-2016-3976 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | Directory traversal vulnerability i | cvebase.io