CVE-2016-1608

vaconfig/time in Novell Filr before 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 before Security Update 2 allows...

8.8 HighPublic exploit

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.

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: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

11.3%Up 10.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Record: CVE-2016-1608
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-284
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-1608
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-2703 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-2703
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hvxp-938m-fxjh 8.8

vaconfig/time in Novell Filr before 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 before Security Update 2 allows...

Record: GHSA-hvxp-938m-fxjh
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-284
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

novell filr

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Micro Focus Filr 2 2.0.0.421/1.2 1.2.0.846 - Multiple Vulnerabilities	2016-07-25

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-2016-1608 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Novell Filr, published August 1, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.3%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.