CVE-2016-1594

Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary...

6.5 MediumPublic exploit

Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary attachments via a request to a LiveTime.woa URL, as demonstrated by obtaining sensitive information via a (1) downloadLogFiles or (2) downloadFile action.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

6.57%Up 5.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Record: CVE-2016-1594
CVSS 3.0: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-1594
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-2689 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-2689
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wxmr-mcvm-5j4v 6.5

Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary...

Record: GHSA-wxmr-mcvm-5j4v
CVSS 3.0: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

novell service desk

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Novell ServiceDesk 6.5/7.0.3/7.1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities	2016-04-11

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-1594 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Novell Service Desk, published April 22, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.57%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.