(0day) IBM Lotus Notes cai URI Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
ZDI-11-051: February 7th, 2011CVE ID
CVSS Score
Affected Vendors
Affected Products
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Lotus Notes
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM Lotus Notes. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of malformed strings within cai:// URIs. The '--launcher.library' switch can be injected and directed to load a DLL from a network share. This will result in code execution under the context of the current user.
Vendor Response
IBM states:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21461514
Disclosure Timeline
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2009-12-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-02-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by:-
rgod
