CVE-2008-1965

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the cai: URI handler in rcplauncher in IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Desktop 6.1.1 and 6.1.2, as used by Lotus Symphony and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting a -launcher option via a cai: URI, as demonstrated by a reference to a UNC share pathname.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Expeditor Client: 6.1.1, 6.1.2
IBM Lotus Symphany: all versions

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-04/0640.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29958
http://thomas.pollet.googlepages.com/lotusexpeditorurihandlervulnerability
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21303813
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491343/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28926
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019951
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019952
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1394/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41990
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-04/0640.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29958

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