CVE-2016-1611

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Novell Filr 1.2 before Hot Patch 6 and 2.0 before Hot Patch 2 uses world-writable permissions for /etc/profile.d/vainit.sh, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing this file's content with arbitrary shell commands.

Affected products

Novell Filr: through 1.2; through 2.0

References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/119
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92113
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40161/
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017689
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/119
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92113
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40161/
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017689

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