CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2015-0781

Zenworks Configuration Management vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in the doPost method of the Rtrlet class in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Zenworks Configuration Management
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-08-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-0781

  • Confirm whether Novell Zenworks Configuration Management is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-0781.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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