PT-2016-4878 · Micro Focus · Novell Service Desk

Pedro Ribeiro · Published 2016-04-22 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2016-1594

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary attachments via a request to a "LiveTime.woa" URL. This can be achieved by obtaining sensitive information via a (1) downloadLogFiles or (2) downloadFile action.

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 "LiveTime.woa" URL and the downloadLogFiles and downloadFile actions to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1594

Affected Products

Novell Service Desk

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39687 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1594 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1594 · Vendor Advisory
• https://novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017429 · Note
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/novell-service-desk-7.1.0.txt · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded · Note