CVE-2012-4933

high

Published 2012-10-20 · 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

8.8

Description

The rtrlet web application in the Web Console in Novell ZENworks Asset Management (ZAM) 7.5 uses a hard-coded username of Ivanhoe and a hard-coded password of Scott for the (1) GetFile_Password and (2) GetConfigInfo_Password operations, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted rtrlet/rtr request for the HandleMaintenanceCalls function.

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.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/zenworks_assetmanagement_fileaccess rank 300

Novell ZENworks Asset Management 7.5 Remote File Access

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

auxiliary_scanner/http/zenworks_assetmanagement_getconfig rank 300

Novell ZENworks Asset Management 7.5 Configuration Access

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
novell	zenworks_asset_management	`7.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-255

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

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