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CVE-2005-2454
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 6.5.5, and 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, uses insecure default permissions (Everyone/Full Control) for the "Notes" folder and…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 6.5.5, and 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, uses insecure default permissions (Everyone/Full Control) for the "Notes" folder and all children, which allows local users to gain privileges and modify, add, or delete files in that folder.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- ADV-2006-4093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-29/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29761 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#383092 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 19537 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061018 Secunia Research: IBM Lotus Notes Insecure Default FolderPermissions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27342 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20612 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21246773 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- lotusnotes-directory-insecure-permission(29660) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1017086 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2455 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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