CVE-2003-0179
Buffer overflow in the COM Object Control Handler for Lotus Domino 6.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple attack vectors, as demonstrated using the InitializeUsingNotesUserName method in the iNotes ActiveX…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the COM Object Control Handler for Lotus Domino 6.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple attack vectors, as demonstrated using the InitializeUsingNotesUserName method in the iNotes ActiveX control.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.74% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ibm/lotus domino web server · ibm/lotus notes client
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0082.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104550124032513&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104550335103136&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=104558778131373&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=104558778331387&w=2
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21104543
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-11.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-065.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/571297Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/lotus-inotesclientaxbo.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6872Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11339
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0082.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104550124032513&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104550335103136&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=104558778131373&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=104558778331387&w=2
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21104543
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-11.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-065.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/571297Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/lotus-inotesclientaxbo.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6872Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11339
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.