CVE-2007-6594

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
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: 2007-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM Lotus Notes 8 for Linux before 8.0.1 uses (1) unspecified weak permissions for the installation kit obtained through a Notes 8 download and (2) 0777 permissions for the installdata file that is created by setup.sh, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Notes: through 8.0.1

References

http://osvdb.org/40933
http://osvdb.org/40934
http://secunia.com/advisories/27860
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019009
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21289273
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4037
http://osvdb.org/40933
http://osvdb.org/40934
http://secunia.com/advisories/27860
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019009
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21289273
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4037

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