VDB-1034 · SA13434 · OSVDB 12356

Novell NetWare up to 6.5 nlm Screensaver Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Novell NetWare up to 6.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component nlm Screensaver. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell NetWare up to 6.5 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component nlm Screensaver. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was shared 10/13/2004 with Novacoast (Website). The advisory is available at support.novell.com. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After 3 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.novell.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (12356†) and Secunia (SA13434†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: support.novell.com

Timelineinfo

10/13/2004 🔍
12/12/2004 +60 days 🔍
12/14/2004 +2 days 🔍
12/14/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/17/2004 +2 days 🔍
06/30/2019 +5308 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: support.novell.com
Organization: Novacoast
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1034
Secunia: 13434 - Novell Netware "nlm" Screensaver Password Bypass Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 12356 - Novell NetWare nlm Screensaver Password Local Bypass

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

Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2004 14:28
Updated: 06/30/2019 14:14
Changes: 12/17/2004 14:28 (57), 06/30/2019 14:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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