CVE-2008-1965
Argument injection vulnerability in the cai: URI handler in rcplauncher in IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Desktop 6.1.1 and 6.1.2, as used…
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Description
Argument injection vulnerability in the cai: URI handler in rcplauncher in IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Desktop 6.1.1 and 6.1.2, as used by Lotus Symphony and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting a -launcher option via a cai: URI, as demonstrated by a reference to a UNC share pathname.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.1 - URI Handler Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31706remote, unixpublished 24 Apr 2008Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.7% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 28926 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1019952 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080424 Lotus expeditor rcplauncher uri handler vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1019951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ibm-lotussymphony-rcplauncher-code-execution(41990) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29958 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://thomas.pollet.googlepages.com/lotusexpeditorurihandlervulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080425 Lotus expeditor rcplauncher uri handler vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21303813 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2008-1963 (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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