CVE-2008-0862 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Lotus Notes 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 8.0 signs an unsigned applet when a user forwards an email message to another user, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass Execution Control List (ECL) protection.

Published: 2008-02-21

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:8.0:::::::*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0869	IBM Lotus Notes 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 8.0 signs an unsigned applet when a user forwards an email message to another user, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass Execution Control List (ECL) protection.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00534.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29031
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21257250
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0600/references

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Lotus Notes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-21T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:39.796Z

Reserved: 2008-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0862

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-21T01:44:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2008-0862

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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