IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service.

Published 9 y ago 2017-09-05 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

29.2%

percentile 98%

Public exploits

Metasploit · Exploit-DB

IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a malicious link, it would open up many file select dialog boxes which would cause the client hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121371.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

29.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

Metasploit auxiliary/dos/http/ibm_lotus_notes2 IBM Notes Denial Of Service · metasploit auxiliary, normal rank · 2017-08-31
EDB-42604 IBM Notes 8.5.x/9.0.x - Denial of Service (2) · dos · 2017-08-31

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`

Affected products

IBM Notes

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/121371 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999384 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/42604/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/100632 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-1130
NVD: CVE-2017-1130

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