Information disclosure in Novell NetIQ Sentinel

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU7300

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1605

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists in the ReportViewServlet servlet of Novell NetIQ Sentine due to path traversal. A remote attacker can use a PREVIEW value for the fileType field, conduct directory traversal attack and read arbitrary files on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

Mitigation

Update to version 7.4.2.

Vulnerable software versions

NetIQ Sentinel: 7.4.0 - 7.4.1

External links

http://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017803

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.