CVE-2017-12637
Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2025-03-19 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.
- Published2017-08-07
- WeaknessCWE-22
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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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-08-0720:29CVE publishedNVD
- 2025-03-19Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
- 2025-03-19Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
- 2025-03-19Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
- 2025-03-1918:07SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP
- 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-12637?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-12637?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.50 | = 7.50 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- CISA’s required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.due 2025-04-09
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- 1 repository, unverifiedabrewer251/CVE-2017-12637_SAP-NetWeaver-URL-Traversal PoC-in-GitHub
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date Added
- 2025-03-19
- Patch Due Date
- 2025-04-09
- Ransomware Use
- Unknown
- Required Action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Sources
- CISA KEVKEV entry2025-03-19
- GCVEexploitation2025-03-19
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-03-19
- OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
- CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.52025-03-18
- NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
- CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-222025-03-18
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score95.1 %read 2026-10-23
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2017-08-07
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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