Novell NetIdentity Agent Pointer Dereference RCE Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:novell:netidentity_client";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900341");
  script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-04-24 16:23:28 +0200 (Fri, 24 Apr 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1350");
  script_name("Novell NetIdentity Agent Pointer Dereference RCE Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0954");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34400");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-016");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Apr/1021990.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502514/100/0/threaded");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=6ERQGPjRZ8o~");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("secpod_novell_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Novell/NetIdentity/Installed");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary code in the
  context of the affected application with system privileges through a valid IPC$ connection.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Novell NetIdentity Agent version prior to 1.2.4 on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Handling of RPC messages over the XTIERRPCPIPE named pipe in 'xtagent.exe',
  and sending RPC messages that triggers the dereference of an arbitrary pointer which can cause remote code execution.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to NetIdentity Client version 1.2.4 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Novell NetIdentity Agent is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.2.4" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.2.4", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );