SearchEnterpriseLinux: Vulnerability Found in Lotus Notes for Linux | Linux Today

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Vulnerability Found in Lotus Notes for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 13, 2004

[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso
for this link. ]

“A local vulnerability in a Lotus Notes for Linux configuration
file could allow a malicious user to manipulate the values of
essential configuration parameters and gain access to files.

“When installing Lotus Notes for Linux, the default permissions
for the ‘notesdata/notes.ini’ configuration file are ‘666.’ This
gives malicious local users the ability to open the file, change
the values of configuration parameters and save them. The local
copy of Notes would then run using these altered parameter values,
which could cause Notes to operate improperly and possibly destroy
or alter data…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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