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CVE-2017-16689

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL 64Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL from 7.21 to 7.22, 7.45, 7.49, can be established to a different client or a different user on the same system, although no explicit Trusted/Trusting Relation to the same system has been defined.

Affected products

• SAP Startup Service: 7.21, 7.21ext, 7.22, 7.22ext, 7.45, 7.49

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102144
• https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2449757
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102144
• https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2449757

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