CVE-2017-16689 describes a vulnerability in various SAP KERNEL versions (7.21 to 7.49) where a Trusted RFC connection can be established to an unauthorized client or user on the same system without an explicit Trusted/Trusting relationship. This flaw carries a high severity CVSS score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity and privileges, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a low EPSS score and is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.21extCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.21ext:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.22extCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.22ext:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel:7.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.