CVE-2016-1611 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Novell Filr versions 1.2 (before Hot Patch 6) and 2.0 (before Hot Patch 2). The flaw stems from world-writable permissions on the /etc/profile.d/vainit.sh file, allowing a local attacker to replace its content with arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) once local access is achieved. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received some media coverage and community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:filr:*:security_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:filr:*:security_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.