Novell Identity Manager Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:19688

CVE-2006-4506 |

Info

Novell Identity Manager Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 19688
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 18 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 31 2006 02:53PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Novell Identity Manager 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Novell Identity Manager Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Novell Identity Manager is prone to an arbitrary command-execution vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges. Exploiting this issue allows attackers to completely compromise affected computers.

Exploit / POC

Novell Identity Manager Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

A proof of concept is available.

Solution / Fix

Novell Identity Manager Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a patch to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Novell Identity Manager 3.0

References

Novell Identity Manager Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

References:

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