CVE-2011-3176

critical

Published 2012-04-09 · 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

10.0

Description

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.

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-19959 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-07-20

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service - 0x4c Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-19958 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-07-20

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service - 0x6c Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/novell/zenworks_preboot_op4c_bof rank 300

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service 0x4c Buffer Overflow

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`11.1`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`11.1a`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

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