CVE DATABASE / CVE-2017-12637
CVE-2017-12637
SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2025-03-19.
Federal remediation due 2025-04-09.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in scheduler/ui/js/ffffffffbca41eb4/UIUtilJavaScriptJS in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java 7.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the query string, as exploited in the wild in August 2017, aka SAP Security Note 2486657.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | NONE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
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References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170807202056/http://www.sh0w.top/index.php/archives/7/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-12637
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2026-04-22. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.