CVE-2007-5665: Novell Zenworks Endpoint Security Management

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

STEngine.exe 3.5.0.20 in Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management (ESM) 3.5, and other ESM versions before 3.5.0.82, dynamically creates scripts in a world-writable directory when generating diagnostic reports, which allows local users to gain privileges, as demonstrated by creating a cmd.exe binary in the diagnostic report directory.

Affected products

• Novell Zenworks Endpoint Security Management: up to and including 3.5

Published 2008-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.