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Title : Novell Client for Windows "NWFS.SYS" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1968
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3158
CWE ID : CWE-20
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-06-30

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

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1968
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028543.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Rubén Santamarta.

ChangeLog

2008-06-30 : Initial release

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