What is CVE-2016-1607?

CVE-2016-1607 is a high-severity vulnerability in Novell Filr, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2016-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-1607?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

CSRF in Novell Filr

CVE-2016-1607

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the administrative interface in Novell Filr before 2.0 Security Update 2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators, as demonstrated by reconfiguring time settings via a vaconfig/time request.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2016-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Novell Filr

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/119 (mailing-list)
download.novell.com/Download
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40161/ (exploit)
www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92113 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1607?: CVE-2016-1607 is a high-severity vulnerability in Novell Filr, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2016-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-1607?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.