Check Point Advisories

IBM Lotus Notes Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2005-2175)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2005-262
Date Published:	22 Oct 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 22 October, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-2175
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	IBM Lotus Domino/Notes is a software suite that provides enterprise-class messaging, calendaring, and scheduling capabilities for collaborative applications. There exists a security flaw in IBM Lotus Domino Web Access (DWA) and Lotus Notes. Embedded JavaScript in HTML formatted Emails will automatically be executed when opened. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute scripts in Lotus Notes or in the DWA browser session. A successful exploitation through Lotus Mail will cause the malicious JavaScript embedded in the HTML formatted Email message to be executed. The behaviour of the target is dependent on the code in the malicious script. A successful attack exploiting Domino Web Access can inject malicious script code into the DWA session. An attacker can read or delete email, access the user's contact list and other operations on the user's mail account. The attacker can fully control the compromised mail account. The malicious script could also take actions on the user's computer in the security context of the DWA web site.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the IBM Lotus Notes Cross Site Scripting protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: SMTP Protection Violation.
Attack Information: IBM Lotus Notes cross site scripting