CVE-2013-1080

critical

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

10.0

Description

The web server in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10.3 and 11.2 before 11.2.4 does not properly perform authentication for zenworks/jsp/index.jsp, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks, and consequently upload and execute arbitrary programs, via a request to TCP port 443.

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-24938 remote multiple verified

Metasploit · 2013-04-08

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 10 SP3/11 SP2 - Remote Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/zenworks_control_center_upload rank 500

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Remote Execution

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`10.3`
novell	zenworks_configuration_management	`11.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

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

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