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TITLE:
IBM Lotus Notes Insecure Default Directory Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27342

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27342/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
IBM Lotus Notes 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/16277/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in IBM Lotus Notes, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate arbitrary files.

For more information:
SA19537

The security issue is confirmed in version 8.0.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

NOTE: The security issue was originally addressed in versions 6.5.6
and 7.0.2.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally reported in Lotus Notes versions 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 7.0.0, and
7.0.1 by:
* Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19537:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19537/

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