CVE-2016-1595

MEDIUM

Micro Focus Novell Service Desk <7.2 - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-1595. PoCs published by Pedro Ribeiro.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a detailed writeup describing multiple vulnerabilities in Novell Service Desk, including arbitrary file upload (CVE-2016-1593), information disclosure (CVE-2016-1594), HQL injection (CVE-2016-1595), and stored XSS (CVE-2016-1596). It includes technical details, affected versions, and proof-of-concept examples for each vulnerability.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Pedro Ribeiro · textwebappsjsp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39687

This is a detailed writeup describing multiple vulnerabilities in Novell Service Desk, including arbitrary file upload (CVE-2016-1593), information disclosure (CVE-2016-1594), HQL injection (CVE-2016-1595), and stored XSS (CVE-2016-1596). It includes technical details, affected versions, and proof-of-concept examples for each vulnerability.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Novell Service Desk 7.1.0, 7.0.3, 6.5
Auth required
Prerequisites: Authenticated access to the application · Administrator account for file upload vulnerability
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017430
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39687/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0661
EPSS Percentile 93.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
novell/service_desk < 7.1
Published Apr 22, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026