CVE-2013-1079

medium

Published 2013-03-29 · 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

6.8

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ISCreateObject method in an ActiveX control in InstallShield\ISProxy.dll in AdminStudio in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10.3 through 11.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local DLL files via a crafted web page that also calls the Initialize method.

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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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`10.3`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`10.3.1`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`10.3.2`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`10.3.3`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`11`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`11.1`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`11.1a`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`11.2`

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.