FrSIRT - Novell Client "nicm.sys" Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Novell Client "nicm.sys" Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Title : Novell Client "nicm.sys" Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0088
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5762
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-10

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 [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0088
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/609/3714097_f.SAL_Public.html
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=637

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Stephen Fewer (Harmony Security).

ChangeLog

2008-01-10 : Initial release
2008-01-17 : Updated References

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