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CVE-2017-9844

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

SAP NetWeaver 7400.12.21.30308 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object in a request to metadatauploader, aka SAP Security Note 2399804. NOTE: The vendor states that the devserver package of Visual Composer deserializes a malicious object that may cause legitimate users accessing a service, either by crashing or flooding the service.

Affected products

• SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver: 7400.12.21.30308

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96865
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-014-sap-netweaver-java-deserialization-untrusted-user-value-metadatauploader/
• https://me.sap.com/notes/2399804
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96865
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-014-sap-netweaver-java-deserialization-untrusted-user-value-metadatauploader/

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