CVE-2017-16690 Other in SAP Plant Connectivity
Attackers can execute arbitrary code via DLL preloading when running SAP Plant Connectivity installers from untrusted directories.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-16690?
CVE-2017-16690 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Plant Connectivity, published on 12 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A malicious DLL preload attack possible on NwSapSetup and Installation self-extracting program for SAP Plant Connectivity 2.3 and 15.0. It is possible that SAPSetup / NwSapSetup.exe loads system DLLs like DWMAPI.dll (located in your Syswow64 / System32 folder) from the folder the executable is in and not from the system location. The desired behavior is that system dlls are only loaded from the system folders. If a dll with the same name as the system dll is located in the same folder as the executable, this dll is loaded and code is executed.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16690?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Plant Connectivity.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16690?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16690 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-16690 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in SAP Plant Connectivity
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wvmg-58g2-r2x7.