CVE-2016-1605

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2016-1605 · Published 01/08/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-1605 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting sentinel (netiq).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sentinel netiq	`= 7.4= 7.4.1`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-406
netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php

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