CVE-2007-6701
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Client 4.91 SP4 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to multiple unspecified RPC functions, aka Novell bug 287919, a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Client 4.91 SP4 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to multiple unspecified RPC functions, aka Novell bug 287919, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2954.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.17% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- novell/client
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-08/0082.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26238Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018471
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5005400.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25092Exploit, Patch
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-045.htmlPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35653
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-08/0082.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26238Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018471
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5005400.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25092Exploit, Patch
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-045.htmlPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35653
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.