IBM Lotus Domino 6.x Web Access JPEG Image denial of service

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.7$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Domino 6.x and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Web Access. Such manipulation as part of JPEG Image leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-0668. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Domino 6.x (Groupware Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Web Access. The manipulation as part of a JPEG Image leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Web Access in Lotus Domino 6.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a large e-mail message, as demonstrated using a large image attachment.

The bug was discovered 02/16/2004. The weakness was released 07/05/2004 by Andreas Klein with Universität Würzburg (Website). The advisory is available at securiteam.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0668 since 07/12/2004. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 140 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86699 (IBM Lotus Domino Server Web Access Malicious Email View Denial of Service).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at lotus.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31452.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16596), Exploit-DB (24243), SecurityFocus (BID 10641†), OSVDB (7465†) and Secunia (SA12007†). secunia.com is providing further details. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Disable
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: lotus.com
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

PaloAlto IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

02/16/2004 🔍
06/30/2004 +135 days 🔍
06/30/2004 +0 days 🔍
06/30/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/05/2004 +5 days 🔍
07/05/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/06/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/12/2004 +6 days 🔍
08/06/2004 +25 days 🔍
12/13/2004 +129 days 🔍
07/12/2025 +7516 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securiteam.com⛔
Researcher: Andreas Klein
Organization: Universität Würzburg
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0668 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0668
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-746
X-Force: 16596 - IBM Lotus Domino Web Access denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 10641 - IBM Lotus Domino Server Web Access Malicious Email View Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 12007 - IBM Lotus Domino Web Access Message Handling Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 7465 - IBM Lotus Domino Web Access Message Handling DoS
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 6465 - DoS in IBM Lotus Domino Web Access via Large Email Messages, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Misc.: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 07/06/2004 11:33
Updated: 07/12/2025 17:19
Changes: 07/06/2004 11:33 (92), 06/28/2019 20:39 (1), 07/04/2025 23:14 (24), 07/12/2025 17:19 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:1ED:103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!