CVE-2017-12637
SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 9 April 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in scheduler/ui/js/ffffffffbca41eb4/UIUtilJavaScriptJS in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java 7.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the query string, as exploited in the wild in August 2017, aka SAP Security Note 2486657.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 95.11% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 19 March 2025 · due 9 April 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- sap/netweaver application server java
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 95.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. SAP users must have an account to log in and access the patch: https://me.sap.com/notes/3476549 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12637
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.