CVE-2013-3956

highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.078 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

7.80% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-26452Novell Client 2 SP3 - 'nicm.sys' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-27191Novell Client 2 SP3 - 'nicm.sys 3.1.11.0' Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/local/novell_client_nicmNovell Client 2 SP3 nicm.sys Local Privilege EscalationPoC · metasploit

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
novell client= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:novell:client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell client= 4.91nvdUScpe:2.3:a:novell:client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2013-07-31modified 2026-06-16

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references (11)

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