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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2012-2175 EUVD-2012-2169GHSA-mc56-whq4-j9vh

Buffer overflow in the Attachment_Times method in a certain ActiveX control in dwa85W.dll in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP2 allows…

Published Jun 20, 2012 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by ibm

Description

Buffer overflow in the Attachment_Times method in a certain ActiveX control in dwa85W.dll in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

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