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CVE-2017-1720 (GCVE-0-2017-1720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:20
VLAI
Summary
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by carefully crafting a command line sent via the shared memory IPC. IBM X-Force ID: 134807.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Gain Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Client Application Access Affected: 1.0.0.1
Affected: 1.0.1
Affected: 1.0.1.2
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IBM Notes Affected: 8.5.3.6
Affected: 8.5.1.5
Affected: 8.5.2.4
Affected: 9.0
Affected: 9.0.1.9
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Date Public
2018-02-08 00:00
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