RCE in IBM Lotus Notes

CVE-2012-2174

The URL handler in IBM Lotus Notes 8.x before 8.5.3 FP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted notes:// URL.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.388 (98.6th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2012-2174: held from 0.383 to 0.388.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.383 · newest: 0.388 · change: +0.005

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2174?
CVE-2012-2174 is a vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes, classified under Code Injection. Published 2012-06-20.
Is CVE-2012-2174 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.