IBM Lotus Notes up to 7.0.1 notes.ini cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 7.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file notes.ini. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-4309. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 7.0.1 (Groupware Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file notes.ini. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Lotus Notes 5.x through 7.0.2 allows user-assisted remote authenticated administrators to obtain a cleartext notes.id password by setting the notes.ini (1) KFM_ShowEntropy and (2) Debug_Outfile debug variables, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2696.

The weakness was released 08/13/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at heise-security.co.uk. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4309 since 08/13/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:notes.ini it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1018433†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

07/19/2007 🔍
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03/15/2015 +2771 days 🔍
10/26/2017 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: heise-security.co.uk
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4309 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4309
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38291
SecurityTracker: 1018433 - IBM Lotus Notes Debug Function Discloses Passwords to Administrative Users

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 10/26/2017 09:19
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (48), 10/26/2017 09:19 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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