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CVE-2017-16690

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% 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-426

Description

A malicious DLL preload attack possible on NwSapSetup and Installation self-extracting program for SAP Plant Connectivity 2.3 and 15.0. It is possible that SAPSetup / NwSapSetup.exe loads system DLLs like DWMAPI.dll (located in your Syswow64 / System32 folder) from the folder the executable is in and not from the system location. The desired behavior is that system dlls are only loaded from the system folders. If a dll with the same name as the system dll is located in the same folder as the executable, this dll is loaded and code is executed.

Affected products

• SAP Plant Connectivity: 2.3, 15.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102145
• https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2529480
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102145
• https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2529480

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