CVE-2007-6594 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2007-12-28

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-6560	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00037.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/40933
http://osvdb.org/40934
http://secunia.com/advisories/27860
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019009
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21289273
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4037

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Lotus Notes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-28T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:11:06.088Z

Reserved: 2007-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6594

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-28T21:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6594

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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