CVE-2005-2454

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Notes: 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 7.0.0, 7.0.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19537
http://secunia.com/advisories/27342
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-29/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017086
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21246773
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/383092
http://www.osvdb.org/29761
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449126/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20612
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4093
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29660
http://secunia.com/advisories/19537

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