CVE-2011-2653

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Directory traversal vulnerability in the rtrlet component in Novell ZENworks Asset Management (ZAM) 7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading an executable file.

Published: 2011-12-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-2653 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 73.93%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2011-2653

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20502 exploit_db edb 2012-08-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2653

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 2026-06-15 84.69% 73.93% -10.76%
2 2025-10-29 85.15% 84.69% -0.46%
3 2025-09-02 85.15%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2653

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2653

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2653

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell zenworks_asset_management 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:novell:zenworks_asset_management:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2653

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