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CVE-2016-3976: SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
• EPSS: 47.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.1 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the fileName parameter to CrashFileDownloadServlet, aka SAP Security Note 2234971.

Affected products

• SAP NetWeaver AS Java: from 7.10 through 7.50

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137528/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.5-Directory-Traversal.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/40
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-012/
• https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-march-2016-review/
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2234971
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39996/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137528/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.5-Directory-Traversal.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/40
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-012/
• https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-march-2016-review/
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2234971
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39996/

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