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CVE-2007-5544

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-10-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

IBM Lotus Notes before 6.5.6, and 7.x before 7.0.3; and Domino before 6.5.5 FP3, and 7.x before 7.0.2 FP1; uses weak permissions (Everyone:Full Control) for memory mapped files (shared memory) in IPC, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, or inject Lotus Script or other character sequences into a session.

Affected products

• IBM Lotus Domino: before 6.5.5; from 7.0 before 7.0.2; 6.5.5, 7.0.2 — fixed in 6.5.5, 7.0.2
• IBM Lotus Notes: through 6.5.5; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.3 — fixed in 7.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Lotus Domino 6.5.5, 7.0.2; IBM Lotus Notes 7.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/27321
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21257030
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26146
• http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2007-013.txt
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3598
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27321
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21257030
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26146
• http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2007-013.txt
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3598

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