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CVE-2008-3158

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.91_sp4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:novell_client_for_windows:4.91_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Novell Client 4.91 SP4 nwfs.sys Local Privilege Escalation · Jun 26, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-26418 · Jun 24, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0548 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/30904
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43460
support.novell.com / docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028543.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/30001
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1968/references