7.5
HIGH
CVE-2017-5997
SAP KERNEL DoS Reflective File Download Vulnerability
Description

The SAP Message Server HTTP daemon in SAP KERNEL 7.21-7.49 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process crash) via multiple msgserver/group?group= requests with a crafted size of the group parameter, aka SAP Security Note 2358972.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 15, 2017, 7:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-5997 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5997 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sap sap_kernel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-5997.

URL Resource
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-038-sap-message-server-http-remote-dos/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

DoS PoC's for SAP products

exploit sap hacking denial-of-service buffer-overflow vulnerability overflow hana rce

Python Go ABAP

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
48 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : March 29, 2017, 5:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 19 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-5997 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-5997 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-772
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-16-038-sap-message-server-http-remote-dos/ [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-038-sap-message-server-http-remote-dos/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-16-038-sap-message-server-http-remote-dos/ No Types Assigned https://erpscan.com/advisories/erpscan-16-038-sap-message-server-http-remote-dos/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.26 }} 0.03%

score

0.63893

percentile

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