CVE-2008-1965

critical

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the cai: URI handler in rcplauncher in IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Desktop 6.1.1 and 6.1.2, as used by Lotus Symphony and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting a -launcher option via a cai: URI, as demonstrated by a reference to a UNC share pathname.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41990

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1394/references

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019952

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019951

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491343/100/0/threaded

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21303813

http://thomas.pollet.googlepages.com/lotusexpeditorurihandlervulnerability

http://secunia.com/advisories/29958

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-04-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10675