Novell Client for Windows 'nicm.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	60203
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-3956
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	May 28 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 29 2013 09:24PM
Credit:	An anonymous security researcher
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Novell Client for Windows 'nicm.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Novell Client for Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because it fails to adequately handle user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

Novell Client for Windows 4.91 SP5 IR1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Novell Client for Windows 'nicm.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following exploit codes are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/60203.py
• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/60203.rb

Novell Client for Windows 'nicm.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Novell Client for Windows 'nicm.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Novell Homepage (Novell)