CVE-2004-0480
Argument injection vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.3 and 6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a notes: URI that uses a UNC network share pathname to provide an alternate notes.ini configuration file to notes.exe.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes 6.0.3 and 6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a notes: URI that uses a UNC network share pathname to provide an alternate notes.ini configuration file to notes.exe.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.65% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-88
- Affected
- ibm/lotus notes
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.6% 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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108843896506099&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=475/context=SSKTWP&uid=swg21169510Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=111&type=vulnerabilitiesBroken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10600Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16496Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108843896506099&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=475/context=SSKTWP&uid=swg21169510Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=111&type=vulnerabilitiesBroken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10600Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16496Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.