Directory traversal vulnerability in the PreBoot service in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 11.2 allows remote attackers to…

published 2014-03-06 12y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-3639

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.6%; EPSS 7.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 0; none known

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PreBoot service in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 11.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a preboot update pathname, aka ZDI-CAN-1595.

Patch / fix

links 1

novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7014663 advisory

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Exploit prediction

7.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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

novell.com /support/kb/doc.php?id=7014663
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/65912
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-3706
NVD CVE-2013-3706

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