CVE-2007-5665 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management (ESM) versions before 3.5.0.82, specifically affecting the STEngine.exe component. The flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges by exploiting the dynamic creation of scripts in a world-writable directory during diagnostic report generation. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_endpoint_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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