CVE-2008-1217

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in nlnotes.dll in the client in IBM Lotus Notes 6.5, 7.0.x before 7.0.2 CCH, and 8.0.x before 8.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted attachment in an e-mail message sent over SMTP, a variant of CVE-2007-6706.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Notes: 6.5, 7.0.2, 8.0.0

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019464
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21271957
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019464
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21271957

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