Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-1605

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.

Affected products

Netiq/Sentinel2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:sentinel:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:netiq:sentinel:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netiq:sentinel:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-406nvd
www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.phpnvd

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