PT-2016-4877 · Micro Focus · Novell Service Desk

Pedro Ribeiro · Published 2016-04-22 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2016-1593

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Micro Focus Novell Service Desk versions prior to 7.2

Description The issue 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. This is a result of a directory traversal vulnerability in the import users feature.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.2, update to version 7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the import users feature to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the vulnerable import users feature until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1593

Affected Products

Novell Service Desk

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/novell_servicedesk_rce.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39708 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39687 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/novell-service-desk-7.1.0.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1593 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1593 · Security Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136717/Novell-ServiceDesk-Authenticated-File-Upload.html · Note
• http://rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/novell_servicedesk_rce · Note
• https://novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017428 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded · Note