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CVE-2002-0037· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Lotus Domino Servers 5.x, 4.6x, and 4.5x allows attackers to bypass the intended Reader and Author access list for a document's object via a

Lotus Domino Servers 5.x, 4.6x, and 4.5x allows attackers to bypass the intended Reader and Author access list for a document's object via a Notes API call (NSFDbReadObject) that directly accesses the object.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Apr 22, 2002
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.6% · 85th percentile
CWE
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Action score

31

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmlotus domino server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm lotus domino server4.5
  • ibm lotus domino server4.6
  • ibm lotus domino server5

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2005-1101Multiple buffer overflows in Lotus Domino Server 6.0.5 and 6.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and
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  • CVE-2005-0986NLSCCSTR.DLL in the web service in IBM Lotus Domino Server 6.5.1, 6.0.3, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a deni
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2006-0580IBM Lotus Domino Server 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted packet to the LDAP port
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2002-2025Lotus Domino server 5.0.9a and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting the number of working threads via
    21Monitor
  • CVE-1999-0729Buffer overflow in Lotus Notes LDAP (NLDAP) allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service through the ldap_search request.
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2008-7253The default configuration of the web server in IBM Lotus Domino Server, possibly 6.0 through 8.0, enables the HTTP TRACE method, which makes
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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