CVE-2016-1593

high

Published 2016-04-22 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.2

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.2

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the import users feature in Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload and execute arbitrary JSP files via a .. (dot dot) in a filename within a multipart/form-data POST request to a LiveTime.woa URL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

81%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39687 webapps jsp

Pedro Ribeiro · 2016-04-11

Novell ServiceDesk 6.5/7.0.3/7.1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-39708 remote multiple

Metasploit · 2016-04-18

Novell ServiceDesk - (Authenticated) Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/novell_servicedesk_rce rank 600

Novell ServiceDesk Authenticated File Upload

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
novell	service_desk	`{"endIncluding":"7.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.