(0Day) IBM Lotus Notes cai URI Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

February 7th, 2011
ZDI-11-051 ZDI-CAN-647

CVE ID

CVE-2011-0912

CVSS Score

7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Vendors

IBM

Affected Products

Lotus Notes

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM Lotus Notes. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of malformed strings within cai:// URIs. The '--launcher.library' switch can be injected and directed to load a DLL from a network share. This will result in code execution under the context of the current user.

Additional Details

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21461514


Disclosure Timeline

  • 2009-12-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-02-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

rgod

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