Vulnerability in Novell Zenworks Endpoint Security Management
CVE-2007-5665
STEngine.exe 3.5.0.20 in Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management (ESM) 3.5, and other ESM versions before 3.5.0.82, dynamically creates scripts in a world-writable directory when generating diagnostic reports, which allows local users to gain privileges, as demonstrated by creating a cmd.exe binary in the diagnostic report directory.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27146 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28351 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0044 (vdb-entry)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)