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CVE-2013-3956

The NICM.SYS kernel driver 3.1.11.0 in Novell Client 4.91 SP5 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003; Novell Client 2 SP2

The NICM.SYS kernel driver 3.1.11.0 in Novell Client 4.91 SP5 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

Novell Client 2 SP2 on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

and Novell Client 2 SP3 on Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted 0x143B6B IOCTL call.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.02153
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules4 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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novell clientall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

5
localNovell Client 2 SP3 - 'nicm.sys 3.1.11.0' Local Privilege Escalationverified
localNovell Client 2 SP3 - 'nicm.sys' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)verified
pocpastebin.com · GB4iiEwRpastebin.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 26452www.exploit-db.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 27191www.exploit-db.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalSuspicious Cobalt Strike DNS Beaconing - DNS Client
producthighPotential MFA Bypass Using Legacy Client Authentication
producthighTor Client/Browser Execution
producthighSuspicious WebDav Client Execution Via Rundll32.EXE
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Scoring & Timeline

7.2
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD31 Jul 2013 · 01:20 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7012497Vendor Advisory
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