MEDIUM
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 6.5.5, and 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, uses insecure default permissions (Everyone/Full Control) for the "Notes" folder and all children, which allows local users to gain privileges and modify, add, or delete files in that folder
Published Oct 18, 2006
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 6.5.5, and 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, uses insecure default permissions (Everyone/Full Control) for the "Notes" folder and all children, which allows local users to gain privileges and modify, add, or delete files in that folder.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 6.5.4
- 6.5.5
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.45% 0.00448
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00448
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00448) | 36.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 33.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 22.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 3.30% (0.03304) | 91.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.70% (0.01702) | 87.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 28.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 16.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 14.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 5.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19537 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-29/advisory/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017086 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21246773 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/383092 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/29761 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449126/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20612 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4093 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29660 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19537 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27342 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-29/advisory/ | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017086 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21246773 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/383092 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/29761 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449126/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20612 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4093 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29660 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 18, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 4, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2454
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a