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CVE-2011-3176 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Preboot Service in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 11.1 and 11.1a allows remote attackers…

published 2012-04-09 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-3143

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
70.1%
EPSS 70.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Preboot Service in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 11.1 and 11.1a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an opcode 0x4c request.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/novell/zenworks_preboot_op4c_bof)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

70.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/novell/zenworks_preboot_op4c_bof Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service 0x4c Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2012-02-22
  • EDB-19959 Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service - 0x4c Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2012-07-20
  • EDB-19958 Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service - 0x6c Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2012-07-20

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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