Lotus Domino 5.0.9a MS DOS Device Name htcgibin.exe Path information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Lotus Domino 5.0.9a. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file htcgibin.exe of the component MS DOS Device Name. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure (Path). This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-0407. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lotus Domino 5.0.9a (Groupware Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the file htcgibin.exe of the component MS DOS Device Name. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

htcgibin.exe in Lotus Domino server 5.0.9a and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the physical pathname for the server via requests that contain certain MS-DOS device names such as com5, such as (1) a request with a .pl or .java extension, or (2) a request containing a large number of periods, which causes htcgibin.exe to leak the pathname in an error message.

The weakness was disclosed 07/26/2002 by Peter Gründl (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0407. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86336 (Lotus Domino MS-DOS Device Path Disclosure Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8160), SecurityFocus (BID 4406†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3396†). The entries VDB-18169 and VDB-18448 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: Path
Class: Information disclosure / Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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04/02/2002 🔍
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01/12/2004 +535 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +3844 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Peter Gründl
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0407 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0407
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18447
X-Force: 8160
SecurityFocus: 4406 - Lotus Domino MS-DOS Device Path Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3396 - Lotus Domino Server <=5.0.9a Leaks Physical Server Pathname via Certain MS-DOS Devices Requests, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 20:02
Updated: 09/18/2025 16:32
Changes: 07/22/2014 20:02 (57), 05/19/2019 09:28 (4), 09/18/2025 16:32 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:792:103

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