CVE-2023-29186 (GCVE-0-2023-29186)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-11 03:08 – Updated: 2025-02-07 17:12
VLAI
Title
Directory/Path Traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver.
Summary
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.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 17:12 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SAP NetWeaver (BI CONT ADDON) Affected: 707
Affected: 737
Affected: 747
Affected: 757
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