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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-1610

Directory traversal vulnerability in the email-template feature in Novell Filr before 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 before Security Update 2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and write to arbitrary files via a ..

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 11.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the email-template feature in Novell Filr before 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 before Security Update 2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a blob name.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
11.50% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 July 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
novell/filr
Source
security@opentext.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%21 September 2026: 8.66%22 September 2026: 11.50%4 November 2026: 11.50%21 September 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 8.7% on 21 September 2026 to 11.5% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-40161source ↗Micro Focus Filr 2 2.0.0.421/1.2 1.2.0.846 - Multiple Vulnerabilitiesjava · SEC Consultwebapps25 July 2016yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.