What is CVE-2016-1605?

CVE-2016-1605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netiq Sentinel, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-1605?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Netiq Sentinel

CVE-2016-1605

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ReportViewServlet servlet in the server in NetIQ Sentinel 7.4.x before 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a PREVIEW value for the fileType field.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.038 (88.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netiq Sentinel — versions 7.4, 7.4.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security@opentext.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security@opentext.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1605?: CVE-2016-1605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netiq Sentinel, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-1605?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.