CVE-2007-5665

Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management < 3.5 - Privilege Escalation via Diagnostic Report Script Creation

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27146

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019155

Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28351

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0044

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=635

Scores

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 14.0%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (1)

novell/zenworks_endpoint_security_management < 3.5

Published Jan 09, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026