CVE-2008-3158

Novell Client 4.91 SP4 - 'nwfs.sys' Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

6.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in NWFS.SYS in Novell Client for Windows 4.91 SP4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to IOCTL requests that overwrite arbitrary memory.

Vulnerabilidad no especificada en NWFS.SYS de Novell Client para Windows 4.91 SP4 tiene un impacto y vectores de ataque desconocidos, posiblemente relacionado con peticiones IOCTL que sobrescriben memoria de su elección.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.9

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-07-11 CVE Reserved
2008-07-11 CVE Published
2013-06-24 First Exploit
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30001	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020385	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1968/references	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43460	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26418	2013-06-24

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/30904	2017-08-08
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028543.html	2017-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Novell Search vendor "Novell"		Novell Client For Windows Search vendor "Novell" for product "Novell Client For Windows"				4.91_sp4 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Novell Client For Windows" and version "4.91_sp4"		-		Affected