CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 7.0.0 (Groupware Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Shared Memory. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
IBM Lotus Notes before 6.5.6, and 7.x before 7.0.3; and Domino before 6.5.5 FP3, and 7.x before 7.0.2 FP1; uses weak permissions (Everyone:Full Control) for memory mapped files (shared memory) in IPC, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, or inject Lotus Script or other character sequences into a session.
The bug was discovered 10/23/2007. The weakness was shared 10/29/2007 by Ollie Whitehouse with Symantec (Website). The advisory is shared at www-1.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5544 since 10/18/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27574 (IBM Lotus Notes / Domino Client Memory Mapped Files Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 7.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11518.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37361) and Tenable (27574). The entries 39455, 39454 and 39447 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 27574
Nessus Name: IBM Lotus Notes / Domino Client Memory Mapped Files Privilege Escalation
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Lotus Notes 7.0.1
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: www-1.ibm.com
Researcher: Ollie Whitehouse
Organization: Symantec
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5544 (🔍)
X-Force: 37361
Vulnerability Center: 16662 - IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino Local Information Disclosure due to Promiscuous Permissions, Medium
SecurityFocus: 26146 - Lotus Domino Memory Mapped Files Arbitrary Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 27321
OSVDB: 40948 - Lotus Domino - Memory Mapped Files - Arbitrary Access Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-3598
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 12:18Updated: 07/29/2019 09:46
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (81), 07/29/2019 09:46 (3)
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