Description
Unspecified vulnerability in NWFS.SYS in Novell Client for Windows 4.91 SP4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to IOCTL requests that overwrite arbitrary memory.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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Novell Client 4.91 SP4 nwfs.sys Local Privilege Escalation
exploit/windows/local/novell_client_nwfs
Exploit-DB 1
- Novell Client 4.91 SP4 - 'nwfs.sys' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) EDB-26418 · local · Jun 24, 2013
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1020385 vdb-entry
- novell-client-nwfs-privilege-escalation(43460) vdb-entry
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028543.html
- ADV-2008-1968 vdb-entry
- 30001 vdb-entry
- 30904 third-party-advisory