CVE-2004-0480

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-88

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.3 and 6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a notes: URI that uses a UNC network share pathname to provide an alternate notes.ini configuration file to notes.exe.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Notes: 6.0.3, 6.5

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108843896506099&w=2
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=475/context=SSKTWP&uid=swg21169510
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=111&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10600
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16496
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108843896506099&w=2
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=475/context=SSKTWP&uid=swg21169510
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=111&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10600
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16496

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