Check Point Advisories

SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2016-9563)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-1171
Date Published:	23 Feb 2022
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Wednesday 23 February, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-9563
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA BC-BMT-BPM-DSK 7.5
Vulnerability Description	An XML external entity injection vulnerability exists in SAP NetWeaver. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in the disclosure of file contents from the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2016-9563) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2016-9563)