5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.838 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.5%
Novell Groupwise Client ActiveX Control is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:novell:groupwise";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800973");
script_version("2022-05-09T13:48:18+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-09 13:48:18 +0000 (Mon, 09 May 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-09 14:01:44 +0100 (Mon, 09 Nov 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3863");
script_name("Novell Groupwise Client ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9683");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36398");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://en.securitylab.ru/nvd/387373.php");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("secpod_novell_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("Novell/Groupwise/Client/Win/Installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code on the affected system and may crash the client.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Novell GroupWise Client 7.0.3.1294 and prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A boundary error occurs in Novell Groupwise Client ActiveX
control(gxmim1.dll) while handling overly long arguments passed to the
'SetFontFace()' method.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Novell Groupwise Client ActiveX Control is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_activex.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE )) exit(0);
gcVer = infos['version'];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:gcVer, test_version:"7.0.3.1294"))
{
dllPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion"+
"\App Paths\GrpWise.exe", item:"Path");
if(dllPath == NULL){
exit(0);
}
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*",replace:"\1$", string:dllPath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1", string:dllPath+
"\gxmim1.dll");
dllVer = GetVer(share:share, file:file);
if(version_is_less_equal(version:dllVer, test_version:"7.0.3.1294"))
{
if(is_killbit_set(clsid:"{9796BED2-C1CF-11D2-9384-0008C7396667}") == 0){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}
}