CVE-2005-1543

Exp

Multiple stack-based and heap-based buffer overflows in Remote Management authentication (zenrem32.exe) on Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop and Server Management, ZENworks for Desktops 4.x, ZENworks for Servers 3.x, and Remote Management allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) unspecified vectors, (2) type 1 authentication requests, and (3) type 2 authentication requests.

Published: 2005-05-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1543 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.37%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.25% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1543

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16815 exploit_db edb 2010-07-25 Exploit-DB ↗
1150 exploit_db edb 2005-08-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1543

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-08-26 77.12% 80.37% +3.25%
2 2025-07-23 80.37% 77.12% -3.25%
3 2025-07-03 — 80.37% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1543

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1543

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1543

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell zenworks 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell zenworks_desktops 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_desktops:3.2:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell zenworks_desktops 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_desktops:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell zenworks_desktops 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_desktops:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell zenworks_remote_management — cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_remote_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell zenworks_server_management 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_server_management:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell zenworks_servers 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_servers:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1543

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