CVE-2016-5847
medium
CVSS v3
5.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
58%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sap | sapcar_archive_tool | - | |
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/
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.