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IBM Lotus Notes Insecure Default Directory Permissions
Secunia Advisory: SA27342
Release Date: 2007-10-24
Popularity: 3,879 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:IBM Lotus Notes 8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-2454


Description:
A security issue has been discovered in IBM Lotus Notes, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate arbitrary files.

For more information:
SA19537

The security issue is confirmed in version 8.0.

Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

NOTE: The security issue was originally addressed in versions 6.5.6 and 7.0.2.

According to the vendor, a solution for Lotus Notes/Domino 8.0 is still under investigation and is being tracked as Lotus SPR #KEMG6ES28E.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported in Lotus Notes versions 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 7.0.0, and 7.0.1 by:
* Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

Other References:
SA19537:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19537/


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