CVE-2016-2388
Actively exploited. CVE-2016-2388 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-09) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2016-2388 is indexed in Exploit-DB. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
The Universal Worklist Configuration in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information via a crafted HTTP request.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The Universal Worklist Configuration allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information via a crafted HTTP request.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.4.
- Urgency
- Immediate action is required as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
- Action
- Implement the recommended patches from SAP.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2016-2388 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- Exploit-DBA public exploit is published in the Exploit-DB archive.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2016-2388: SAP NetWeaver Information Disclosure Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-06-09
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