MEDIUM
Unspecified vulnerability in NWFS.SYS in Novell Client for Windows 4.91 SP4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to IOCTL requests that overwrite arbitrary memory
Published Jul 11, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.48%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in NWFS.SYS in Novell Client for Windows 4.91 SP4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to IOCTL requests that overwrite arbitrary memory.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.91_sp4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.48% 0.05481
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05481
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.48% (0.05481) | 92.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.48% (0.05481) | 91.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 5, 2025 | 17.98% (0.17977) | 94.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 10.82% (0.10819) | 93.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.57% (0.09568) | 92.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.49% (0.12487) | 89.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.57% (0.09568) | 92.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 37.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 35.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 33.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 18.87% (0.18872) | 96.35th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 18.87% (0.18872) | 96.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 18.87% (0.18872) | 93.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30904 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028543.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30001 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020385 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1968/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43460 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30904 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028543.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30001 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020385 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1968/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43460 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 11, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 11, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3158
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a