CVE-2010-3106
The ienipp.ocx ActiveX control in the browser plugin in Novell iPrint Client before 5.42 does not properly validate the debug parameter,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 37.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The ienipp.ocx ActiveX control in the browser plugin in Novell iPrint Client before 5.42 does not properly validate the debug parameter, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a parameter value with a crafted length, related to the ExecuteRequest method.
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.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control ExecuteRequest debug Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/novelliprint_executerequest_dbgRank normaldisclosed 4 Aug 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Novell iPrint Client - ActiveX Control 'debug' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15073remote, windowspublished 21 Sept 2010Verified
- Novell iPrint Client - ActiveX Control ExecuteRequest debug Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16492remote, windowspublished 21 Sept 2010Verified
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Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.3% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-10-06 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12044 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=ftwZBxEFjIg~ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2010-3106 (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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