| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 8.5.3. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-2174. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 8.5.3 (Groupware Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The URL handler in IBM Lotus Notes 8.x before 8.5.3 FP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted notes:// URL.
The weakness was presented 06/18/2012 by Moritz Jodeit as swg21598348 as confirmed bulletin (IBM Knowledge Base). The advisory is shared at www-304.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2174 since 04/04/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/02/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.
A public exploit has been developed by metasploit and been published 7 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61487 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120298 (IBM Lotus Notes URL Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11839.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75320), Exploit-DB (23650), Tenable (61487), SecurityFocus (BID 54070†) and OSVDB (83063†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3
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Class: Code injectionCWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: metasploit
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Nessus ID: 61487
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OpenVAS ID: 803214
OpenVAS Name: IBM Lotus Notes URL Command Injection RCE Vulnerability (Win)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/lotus_notes_url_handler
Saint Name: IBM Lotus Notes URL Handler Command Execution
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MetaSploit ID: notes_handler_cmdinject.rb
MetaSploit Name: IBM Lotus Notes Client URL Handler Command Injection
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: swg21598348
Researcher: Moritz Jodeit
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5573
X-Force: 75320 - Lotus Notes notes:// URI command execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 54070 - IBM Lotus Notes CVE-2012-2174 URL Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 49601 - IBM Lotus Notes "notes" URI Handler Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 83063
SecurityTracker: 1027427 - IBM Lotus Notes URL Command Injection Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 35630 - IBM Lotus Notes URL Handler 8.x Before 8.5.3 FP2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 06/22/2012 15:37Updated: 01/02/2025 10:59
Changes: 06/22/2012 15:37 (96), 04/14/2017 14:41 (9), 03/25/2021 17:25 (3), 01/02/2025 10:59 (16)
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