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CVE-2017-16689 (GCVE-0-2017-16689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-12 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:03
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Summary
A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL 64Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL from 7.21 to 7.22, 7.45, 7.49, can be established to a different client or a different user on the same system, although no explicit Trusted/Trusting Relation to the same system has been defined.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Additional authentication check in Trusted RFC on same system
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SAP Trusted RFC connection Affected: SAP KERNEL 32NUC; SAP KERNEL 32Unicode; SAP KERNEL64NUC; SAP KERNEL64 Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL from 7.21 to 7.22, 7.45, 7.49
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Date Public
2017-12-12 00:00
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