CVE-2025-42937
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-42937 is a critical-severity Path Traversal: '.../...//' (CWE-35) vulnerability in Sap (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked at the 50th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-42937 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability in SAP Print Service (SAPSprint), stemming from insufficient validation of user-provided path information (CWE-35). This flaw allows attackers to access parent directories and overwrite system files, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), highlighting its potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction or privileges required. By supplying specially crafted path data to SAPSprint, the attacker can traverse directories and overwrite critical system files, enabling full compromise of the affected application.
SAP has published mitigation details in security note 3630595 at https://me.sap.com/notes/3630595, as part of their SAP Security Patch Day resources at https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday. Security practitioners should review these advisories and apply the provided patches immediately to affected systems.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-34119
Vulnerability Data
SAP Print Service (SAPSprint) performs insufficient validation of path information provided by users. An unauthenticated attacker could traverse to the parent directory and over-write system files causing high impact on confidentiality integrity and availability of the application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Input validation directly neutralizes path sequences so the traversal cannot be introduced or exploited.
Enforces access authorizations on the resulting pathname, blocking traversal attempts from succeeding.
Enforces information flow rules that stop unauthorized directory escapes via crafted paths.
Least privilege reduces the impact of any successful traversal by limiting accessible resources.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that neutralize traversal sequences.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development can detect path-traversal flaws before release.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path-handling controls that directly mitigate path traversal.
Application security requirements include rules for safe file-path construction and canonicalization.
Secure architecture principles require proper directory restrictions and input sanitization to prevent traversal.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path concatenation and mandate canonicalization routines.
Information access restriction limits file reachability but does not address the input-validation flaw itself.