CVE-2013-3956: Novell Client

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 7.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The NICM.SYS kernel driver 3.1.11.0 in Novell Client 4.91 SP5 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003; Novell Client 2 SP2 on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008; and Novell Client 2 SP3 on Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted 0x143B6B IOCTL call.

Affected products

• Novell Client: version 4.91 only; version 2.0 only

Published 2013-07-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.