IBM Lotus Notes / Domino Client Memory Mapped Files Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27574

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by an unauthorized access vulnerability.

Description

The version of Lotus Notes installed on the remote Windows host fails to adequately protect certain memory mapped files used by the application for inter-process communications. In a shared user environment, a local user may be able to leverage this issue to read from these files, leading to information disclosure, or write to them, possibly injecting active content such as Lotus Script.

Solution

Upgrade as necessary to Lotus Notes Client version 6.5.6 / 7.0.3 / 8.0 or later and then edit the 'notes.ini' configuration file as described in the vendor advisory above.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482694/30/0/threaded

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21257030

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27574

File Name: notes_mem_mapped_files.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/25/2007

Updated: 7/31/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5544

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:lotus_notes

Required KB Items: SMB/name, SMB/login, SMB/password, SMB/Lotus_Notes/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5544

BID: 26146

CWE: 264