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CVE-2016-3973

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The chat feature in the Real-Time Collaboration (RTC) services 7.3 and 7.4 in SAP NetWeaver Java AS 7.1 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information by visiting webdynpro/resources/sap.com/tc~rtc~coll.appl.rtc~wd_chat/Chat#, pressing "Add users", and doing a search, aka SAP Security Note 2255990.

Affected products

• SAP NetWeaver AS Java: from 7.10 through 7.50

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137579/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.5-Information-Disclosure.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/46
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-016-sap-netweaver-7-4-information-disclosure-wd_chat/
• https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-march-2016-review/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137579/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.5-Information-Disclosure.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/46
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-016-sap-netweaver-7-4-information-disclosure-wd_chat/
• https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-march-2016-review/

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