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CVE-2008-1217· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Unspecified vulnerability in nlnotes.dll in the client in IBM Lotus Notes 6.5, 7.0.x before 7.0.2 CCH, and 8.0.x before 8.0.1 allows remote

Unspecified vulnerability in nlnotes.dll in the client in IBM Lotus Notes 6.5, 7.0.x before 7.0.2 CCH, and 8.0.x before 8.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted attachment in an e-mail message sent over SMTP, a variant of CVE-2007-6706.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Mar 8, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.9% · 87th percentile
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Action score

38

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CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmlotus notes

Affected versions

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

  • ibm lotus notes6.5
  • ibm lotus notes7.0.2
  • ibm lotus notes8.0.0

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    48Plan
  • CVE-2011-1213Integer underflow in lzhsr.dll in Autonomy KeyView, as used in IBM Lotus Notes before 8.5.2 FP3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrar
    47Plan
  • CVE-2004-0480Argument injection vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.3 and 6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a notes: URI that us
    43Plan
  • CVE-2010-1608Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 and 8.5fp1, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary cod
    42Plan
  • CVE-2009-3032Integer overflow in kvolefio.dll 8.5.0.8339 and 10.5.0.0 in the Autonomy KeyView Filter SDK, as used in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5, Symantec Mail S
    41Plan
  • CVE-2004-2281Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.x before 6.5.4 and 6.0.x before 6.0.5 have unknown impact and attack vectors, relate
    41Plan

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

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Patch and commit links

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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

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Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

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

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

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    References

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