CVE-2024-47579 Multiple vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver AS for JAVA(Adobe Document Services)
An authenticated administrator can read arbitrary files on the server by abusing exposed web services for PDF font file uploads and downloads.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-47579?
CVE-2024-47579 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver AS for JAVA (Adobe Document Services), published on 10 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An attacker authenticated as an administrator can use an exposed webservice to upload or download a custom PDF font file on the system server. Using the upload functionality to copy an internal file into a font file and subsequently using the download functionality to retrieve that file allows the attacker to read any file on the server with no effect on integrity or availability
Weakness: CWE-538
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47579?
How do I fix CVE-2024-47579?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-47579 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47579 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mgr-rf47-4329.