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CVE-2017-16689

A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL...

8.8 High

CVE-2017-16689 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Sap Kernel, published December 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.19%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
8.8 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.19%EPSS, 68th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL 64Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL from 7.21 to 7.22, 7.45, 7.49, can be established to a different client or a different user on the same system, although no explicit Trusted/Trusting Relation to the same system has been defined.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.19%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used8.8

A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL 64Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL from 7.21 to 7.22, 7.45, 7.49, can be established to a different client or a different user on the same system, although no explicit Trusted/Trusting Relation to the same system has been defined.

Record
CVE-2017-16689
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL 64Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL from 7.21 to 7.22, 7.45, 7.49, can be established to a different client or a different user on the same system, although no explicit Trusted/Trusting Relation to the same system has been defined.

Record
CVE-2017-16689
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7873No score

A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL 64Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL from 7.21 to 7.22, 7.45, 7.49, can be established to a different client or a different user on the same system, although no explicit Trusted/Trusting Relation to the same system has been defined.

Record
EUVD-2017-7873
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-crwv-5x5f-fc2f8.8

A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL...

A Trusted RFC connection in SAP KERNEL 32NUC, SAP KERNEL 32Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64NUC, SAP KERNEL 64Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL from 7.21 to 7.22, 7.45, 7.49, can be established to a different client or a different user on the same system, although no explicit Trusted/Trusting Relation to the same system has been defined.

Record
GHSA-crwv-5x5f-fc2f
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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