CVE-2007-6594

high

Description

IBM Lotus Notes 8 for Linux before 8.0.1 uses (1) unspecified weak permissions for the installation kit obtained through a Notes 8 download and (2) 0777 permissions for the installdata file that is created by setup.sh, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4037

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21289273

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019009

http://secunia.com/advisories/27860

http://osvdb.org/40934

http://osvdb.org/40933

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-12-28

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00037