CVE-2016-5847

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

SAP SAPCAR allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a hard link attack on files extracted from an archive, possibly related to SAP Security Note 2327384.

Affected products

Sapcar Archive Tool: all versions

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138284/SAP-CAR-Archive-Tool-Denial-Of-Service-Security-Bypass.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/46
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539180/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92406
https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/sap-car-multiple-vulnerabilities
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40230/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138284/SAP-CAR-Archive-Tool-Denial-Of-Service-Security-Bypass.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/46
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539180/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92406
https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/sap-car-multiple-vulnerabilities
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40230/

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