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CVE-2011-2657· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in the LaunchProcess function in the LaunchHelp.HelpLauncher.1 ActiveX control in LaunchHelp.dll in AdminS

Directory traversal vulnerability in the LaunchProcess function in the LaunchHelp.HelpLauncher.1 ActiveX control in LaunchHelp.dll in AdminStudio in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10.2, 10.3, and 11 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a pathname in the first argument.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Jul 26, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
48.4% · 99th percentile
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Action score

42

Plan

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CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
15 / 30 · 48.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
novellzenworks configuration management

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • novell zenworks configuration management10.2
  • novell zenworks configuration management10.3
  • novell zenworks configuration management11

Same product

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    48Plan

Remediation

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Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2012-07-11
Metasploit moduleexploit/windows/browser/zenworks_helplauncher_execAdminStudio LaunchHelp.dll ActiveX Arbitrary Code Executionexploit2011-10-19

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Metasploit-282 d
  2. First PoC-16 d
  3. Published
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+5179 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-22 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

    Fixed

    ts
    const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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