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Novell Client for Windows "NWFILTER.SYS" Privilege Escalation Issue

Title : Novell Client for Windows "NWFILTER.SYS" Privilege Escalation Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3846
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5667
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-11-13

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Novell Client for Windows, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges [...]

Solution

Apply patch for Novell Client 4.91 SP4 :
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5006982.html

Apply patch for Novell Client 4.91 SP3 :
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5006862.html

Apply patch for Novell Client 4.91, 4.91 SP1, 4.91 SP1a and 4.91 SP2 :
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5006983.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Stephen Fewer (Harmony Security) via VeriSign iDefense Labs.

ChangeLog

2007-11-13 : Initial release
2007-11-14 : Updated References

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