CVE-2008-3158 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the NWFS.SYS driver within Novell Client for Windows 4.91 SP4, potentially allowing arbitrary memory overwrites via IOCTL requests. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high severity with local access and medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry confirm the existence of public exploit code for local privilege escalation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.91_sp4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:novell_client_for_windows:4.91_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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