PT-2012-1461 · Ibm · Ibm Lotus Notes

Published 2012-09-07 · Updated 2012-09-07 · CVE-2010-5251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Lotus Notes version 8.5

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse nnoteswc.dll or nlsxbe.dll file in the current working directory. This can be demonstrated by a directory that contains a .vcf, .vcs, or .ics file.

Recommendations For IBM Lotus Notes version 8.5, consider restricting access to the nnoteswc.dll and nlsxbe.dll files to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using directories that contain .vcf, .vcs, or .ics files until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5251

Affected Products

Ibm Lotus Notes

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5251 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-5251 · Note