CVE-2016-5847

CVE-2016-5847 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in SAP SAPCAR, specifically affecting the sapcar_archive_tool. A local attacker can exploit this flaw through a hard link attack during archive extraction, allowing them to modify permissions of arbitrary files. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability requires high attack complexity and low privileges, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and availability impacts, but high integrity impact. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are reported, an ExploitDB entry exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.