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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-1595 · published 22 April 2016

CVE-2016-1595: Novell service desk information exposure vulnerability

Novell · Service Desk

LiveTime/WebObjects/LiveTime.woa/wa/DownloadAction/downloadFile in Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allows remote authenticated users to conduct Hibernate Query Language (HQL) injection attacks and obtain sensitive information via the entityName parameter.

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 6.6% · top 6.4% CWE-200 · Information exposure
6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.0
6.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

LiveTime/WebObjects/LiveTime.woa/wa/DownloadAction/downloadFile in Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allows remote authenticated users to conduct Hibernate Query Language (HQL) injection attacks and obtain sensitive information via the entityName parameter.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/novell-service-desk-7.1.0.txt
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39687/
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017430
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/novell-service-desk-7.1.0.txt
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39687/
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017430

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-1595), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.