CVE-2011-1519

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The remote console in the Server Controller in IBM Lotus Domino 7.x and 8.x verifies credentials against a file located at a UNC share pathname specified by the client, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by placing this pathname in the COOKIEFILE field. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2011-0920.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Domino: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.1.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.2.1, 7.0.2.2 (+27)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/43860
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8164
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025241
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517119/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46985
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0758
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-110
http://secunia.com/advisories/43860
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8164
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025241
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517119/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46985

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