Novell Client 4.91 SP4 on Windows Client for Windows access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Novell Client 4.91 SP4 on Windows. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Client for Windows. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 07/11/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at support.novell.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3158. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33481 (Novell Client nwfs.sys Local Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43460) and Tenable (33481).

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 33481
Nessus Name: Novell Client nwfs.sys Local Privilege Escalation
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Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: support.novell.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3158 (🔍)
X-Force: 43460
Vulnerability Center: 18784 - Novell Client for Windows Local Privilege Escalation due to Improper Input Validation in NWFS.SYS, High
SecurityFocus: 30001 - Novell Client 'NWFS.SYS' IOCTL Request Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/01/2021 12:22
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (56), 06/07/2019 14:17 (11), 08/01/2021 12:14 (3), 08/01/2021 12:22 (1)
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