Upstream information

CVE-2016-1611 at MITRE

Description

Novell Filr 1.2 before Hot Patch 6 and 2.0 before Hot Patch 2 uses world-writable permissions for /etc/profile.d/vainit.sh, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing this file's content with arbitrary shell commands.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • TID7017689, published Sa 3. Mär 12:03:20 CET 2018

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Aug 2 05:18:44 2016
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 1 12:27:04 2025