CVE-2005-1543
Multiple stack-based and heap-based buffer overflows in Remote Management authentication (zenrem32.exe) on Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop and…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 66.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based and heap-based buffer overflows in Remote Management authentication (zenrem32.exe) on Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop and Server Management, ZENworks for Desktops 4.x, ZENworks for Servers 3.x, and Remote Management allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) unspecified vectors, (2) type 1 authentication requests, and (3) type 2 authentication requests.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop/Server Management Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/novell/zenworks_desktop_agentRank gooddisclosed 19 May 2005
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Novell ZENworks 6.5 - Desktop/Server Management Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16815remote, windowspublished 25 Jul 2010Verified
- Novell ZENworks 6.5 - Desktop/Server Management Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1150remote, windowspublished 12 Aug 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 66.1% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/zen.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 13678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- novell-zenwork-remote-management-bo(20639) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1014005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0571 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20050518 NOVELL ZENWORKS MULTIPLE =?utf-8?Q?REM=C3=98TE?= STACK & HEAP OVERFLOWS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10097644.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- novell-zenwork-remote-management-2-bo(20645) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 15433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- novell-zenwork-remote-management-1-bo(20644) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1546 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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