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CVE-2016-1594

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary attachments via a request to a LiveTime.woa URL, as demonstrated by obtaining sensitive information via a (1) downloadLogFiles or (2) downloadFile action.

Affected products

• Novell Service Desk: through 7.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/novell-service-desk-7.1.0.txt
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39687/
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017429
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/novell-service-desk-7.1.0.txt
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39687/
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017429

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