IBM Lotus Notes Local Insecure Default Directory Permissions Vulnerability

BID:20612

Info

IBM Lotus Notes Local Insecure Default Directory Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20612
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-2454
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 18 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 25 2007 08:36PM
Credit: Carsten Eiram of Secunia Research is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: IBM Lotus Notes 7.0.1
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.5
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.4
IBM Lotus Notes 8.0
IBM Lotus Notes 7.0
Not Vulnerable: IBM Lotus Notes 7.0.2

Discussion

IBM Lotus Notes Local Insecure Default Directory Permissions Vulnerability

IBM Lotus Notes is prone to a vulnerability regarding insecure default permissions on the application directory.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to access and modify arbitrary files in the application directory; this may aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

IBM Lotus Notes Local Insecure Default Directory Permissions Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker simply requires local access to a vulnerable computer.

Solution / Fix

IBM Lotus Notes Local Insecure Default Directory Permissions Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a patch to address this issue. Please contact the vendor for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.

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