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CVE-2016-5845

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5845 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in SAP SAPCAR, affecting the SAPCAR utility. The flaw stems from SAPCAR's failure to properly check file operation return values during archive extraction, allowing attackers to crash the program with invalid filenames. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this local vulnerability requires low privileges and user interaction, leading to high availability impact. While an ExploitDB entry exists, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sap:sapcar:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40230 · Aug 10, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/138284/SAP-CAR-Archive-Tool-Denial-Of-Service-Security-Bypass.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/46
Mailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
coresecurity.com / advisories/sap-car-multiple-vulnerabilities
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/40230
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
onapsis.com / blog/denial-service-attacks-sap-security-notes-august-2016
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539180/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/92406
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry