CVE-2017-16691

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    CVE-2017-16691

    Published: 12 Dec 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: SAP Note Assistant tool (SAP BASIS from 7.00 to 7.02, from 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31,7.40, from 7.50 to 7.52) supports upload of digitally signed note file of type 'SAR'. The digital signature verification is done together with the extraction of note file contained in the SAR archive. It is possible to append a tampered file to the SAR archive using SAPCAR tool and during the extraction, digital signature verification fails but the tampered file is extracted.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101822, https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/, https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2546220

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    Low
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High