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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2011-2657 EUVD-2011-2640GHSA-vxmq-5cqr-pqj8

Directory traversal vulnerability in the LaunchProcess function in the LaunchHelp.HelpLauncher.1 ActiveX control in LaunchHelp.dll in Admin…

Published Jul 26, 2012 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the LaunchProcess function in the LaunchHelp.HelpLauncher.1 ActiveX control in LaunchHelp.dll in AdminStudio in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10.2, 10.3, and 11 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a pathname in the first argument.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

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