Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail - Information Disclosure

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

73%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

99%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail with 'Generate HTML for all fields' enabled (which is by default) allows remote attackers to read the HTML source to obtain sensitive information including the password hash in the HTTPPassword field, the password change date in the HTTPPasswordChangeDate field, and the client Lotus Domino release in the ClntBld field (a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2696).

Impact

The vulnerability can lead to the disclosure of sensitive information, potentially compromising user privacy and system security.

Fix

Ensure proper firewalls are in place within your environment to prevent public exposure of the names.nsf database and other sensitive files.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/names.nsf/People?OpenView
Positive when: matches /(<a href="/names\.nsf/[0-9a-z\/]+\?OpenDocument)/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2005-2428 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2005-2428

info:
  name: Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail - Information Disclosure
  author: CasperGN
  severity: medium
  description: Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail with 'Generate HTML for all fields' enabled (which is by default) allows remote attackers to read the HTML source to obtain sensitive information including the password hash in the HTTPPassword field, the password change date in the HTTPPasswordChangeDate field, and the client Lotus Domino release in the ClntBld field (a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2696).
  impact: |
    The vulnerability can lead to the disclosure of sensitive information, potentially compromising user privacy and system security.
  remediation: Ensure proper firewalls are in place within your environment to prevent public exposure of the names.nsf database and other sensitive files.
  reference:
    - http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/default_configuration_information_disclosure_lotus_domino.pdf
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39495
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2428
    - http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112240869130356&w=2
    - http://securitytracker.com/id?1014584
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2005-2428
    cwe-id: CWE-200
    epss-score: 0.73028
    epss-percentile: 0.99458
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_domino:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: ibm
    product: lotus_domino
  tags: cve2005,cve,domino,edb,ibm,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/names.nsf/People?OpenView"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        name: domino-username
        part: body
        regex:
          - '(<a href="/names\.nsf/[0-9a-z\/]+\?OpenDocument)'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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