full-disclosure - Re: Secunia Research: IBM Lotus Notes Insecure Default Folder Permissions

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Message-Id: <200610181908.k9IJ8U9j010815@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:08:30 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: remove-vuln@...unia.com
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Secunia Research: IBM Lotus Notes Insecure
	Default Folder Permissions

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:38:53 +0200, Secunia Research said:
> The problem is that Lotus Notes sets insecure default permissions
> (grants "Everyone" group "Full Control") on the "notes" directory and
> all child objects. This can be exploited to remove, manipulate, and
> replace any of the application's files.

Well... Yeah.  *duh*.  If you want to *collaborate* on stuff, the software
has to be set up so that the collaborating group can still make progress,
even if the actual file owner is a PHB with the IQ of a dill pickle. :)

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