High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-1608

Description

vaconfig/time in Novell Filr before 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 before Security Update 2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ntpServer parameter.

Affected products

Novell/Filr2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:novell:filr:*:security_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:novell:filr:*:security_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0
- cpe:2.3:a:novell:filr:*:security_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.2

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/119nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92113nvd
download.novell.com/Downloadnvd
download.novell.com/Downloadnvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40161/nvd
www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.phpnvd

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