CVE-2008-0862 — IBM Lotus Notes 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 8.0 signs an unsigned applet when a user forwards an email message to another user, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass Execution Control List (ECL) protection

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IBM Lotus Notes 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 8.0 signs an unsigned applet when a user forwards an email message to another user, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass Execution Control List (ECL) protection

Published Feb 21, 2008

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.13%

Description

IBM Lotus Notes 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 8.0 signs an unsigned applet when a user forwards an email message to another user, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass Execution Control List (ECL) protection.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.13% 0.02126

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02126

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.13% (0.02126)	81.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.13% (0.02126)	79.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.49% (0.00489)	63.42th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.29% (0.00290)	69.89th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 17, 2024	0.30% (0.00301)	69.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.33% (0.00327)	70.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.33% (0.00330)	66.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.52% (0.06523)	91.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	90.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	78.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/29031
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21257250
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0600/references
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29031		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21257250		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0600/references		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 21, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 20, 2008

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-0862

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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