SAP NetWeaver AS for JAVA 7.50 Adobe Document Service server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver AS for JAVA 7.50. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Adobe Document Service. Performing a manipulation results in server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-47578. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver AS for JAVA 7.50. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Adobe Document Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Document Service allows an attacker with administrator privileges to send a crafted request from a vulnerable web application. It is usually used to target internal systems behind firewalls that are normally inaccessible to an attacker from the external network, resulting in a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability. On successful exploitation, the attacker can read or modify any file and/or make the entire system unavailable.

It is possible to read the advisory at me.sap.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-47578 since 09/27/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/18/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213081 (SAP NetWeaver AS Java Multiple Vulnerabilities (December 2024)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213081). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Solution Stack Software

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• SAP

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• NetWeaver AS for JAVA

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• 7.50

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sap.com/

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