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CVE-2015-5970

Published: Feb 18, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-94
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 33.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The ChangePassword RPC method in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 11.3 and 11.4 allows remote attackers to conduct XPath injection attacks, and read arbitrary text files, via a malformed query involving a system entity reference.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

ZENworks Configuration ManagementNovell Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
zenworks configuration managementnovell
On-premDesktop App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
n/an/a
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
novellcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka suse novell, novell suse

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017240
novell.com
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-167
zerodayinitiative.com
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017240
novell.com

Timeline

Published
Feb 18, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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