Novell NetWare Client on Win 95 Help improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Novell NetWare Client on Win 95 (Operating System) (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component Help. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Novell Netware client running on Windows 95 allows local users to bypass the login and open arbitrary files via the "What is this?" help feature, which can be launched from the Novell Netware login screen.

The weakness was published 12/31/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-2083 since 07/14/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Productinfo

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Operating System

Vendor

Novell

Name

NetWare Client

License

commercial

Support

end of life

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

12/31/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/14/2005 +926 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +3310 days 🔍
04/20/2019 +1717 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-2083 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 10:13
Updated: 04/20/2019 00:37
Changes: 08/06/2014 10:13 (48), 04/20/2019 00:37 (1)
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