CVE-2011-2657

medium

Published 2012-07-26 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the LaunchProcess function in the LaunchHelp.HelpLauncher.1 ActiveX control in LaunchHelp.dll in AdminStudio in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10.2, 10.3, and 11 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a pathname in the first argument.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-19718 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-07-11

AdminStudio - 'LaunchHelp.dll' ActiveX Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/zenworks_helplauncher_exec rank 300

AdminStudio LaunchHelp.dll ActiveX Arbitrary Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`10.2`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`10.3`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`11`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.