CVE-2016-3685
SAP Download Manager 2.1.142 and earlier generates an encryption key from a small key space on...
SAP Download Manager 2.1.142 and earlier generates an encryption key from a small key space on Windows and Mac systems, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging knowledge of a hardcoded key in the program code and a computer BIOS serial number, aka SAP Security Note 2282338.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SAP Download Manager 2.1.142 and earlier generates an encryption key from a small key space on Windows and Mac systems, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging knowledge of a hardcoded key in the program code and a computer BIOS serial number, aka SAP Security Note 2282338.
- Record
CVE-2016-3685- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255, CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SAP Download Manager 2.1.142 and earlier generates an encryption key from a small key space on Windows and Mac systems, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging knowledge of a hardcoded key in the program code and a computer BIOS serial number, aka SAP Security Note 2282338.
- Record
CVE-2016-3685- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4709 No score
SAP Download Manager 2.1.142 and earlier generates an encryption key from a small key space on Windows and Mac systems, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging knowledge of a hardcoded key in the program code and a computer BIOS serial number, aka SAP Security Note 2282338.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4709- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m67w-v6pq-c7w8
SAP Download Manager 2.1.142 and earlier generates an encryption key from a small key space on...
SAP Download Manager 2.1.142 and earlier generates an encryption key from a small key space on Windows and Mac systems, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging knowledge of a hardcoded key in the program code and a computer BIOS serial number, aka SAP Security Note 2282338.
- Record
GHSA-m67w-v6pq-c7w8- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3685 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Sap Download Manager, published December 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/537746/100/0/threaded
coresecurity.com/advisories/sap-download-manager-password-weak-encryption
packetstormsecurity.com/files/136172/SAP-Download-Manager-2.1.142-Weak-Encryption.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/20
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3685
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m67w-v6pq-c7w8