{"id":"CVE-2017-16691","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16691","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:30:37.369Z","title":"SAP Note Assistant tool (SAP BASIS from 7.00 to 7.02, from 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31,7.40, from 7.50 to 7.52) supports upload of digitally signed note file of type 'SAR'.","description":"SAP Note Assistant tool (SAP BASIS from 7.00 to 7.02, from 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31,7.40, from 7.50 to 7.52) supports upload of digitally signed note file of type 'SAR'. The digital signature verification is done together with the extraction of note file contained in the SAR archive. It is possible to append a tampered file to the SAR archive using SAPCAR tool and during the extraction, digital signature verification fails but the tampered file is extracted.","published":"2017-12-12T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@sap.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["sap/business application software integrated solution"],"epss":{"score":0.01254,"percentile":0.69333,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101822","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@sap.com"},{"url":"https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cna@sap.com"},{"url":"https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2546220","tags":["Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cna@sap.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101822","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2546220","tags":["Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16691","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}