Directory traversal vulnerability in the Preboot Service in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 11.1 and 11.1a allows remote att…

published 2012-04-09 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2209

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 27.6%; EPSS 27.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Preboot Service in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 11.1 and 11.1a allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an opcode 0x21 request.

Patch / fix

links 2

Timeline

2010-03-30 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/novell/zenworks_preboot_op21_bof)
2012-04-09 Published

Exploit prediction

27.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/windows/novell/zenworks_preboot_op21_bof Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service 0x21 Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2010-03-30
Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/misc/zenworks_preboot_fileaccess Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service Remote File Access metasploit auxiliary, normal rank

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2012-2215
NVD CVE-2012-2215

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Summary