# CVE-2007-5700: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can gain privileges and access sensitive information due to incorrect security context in LotusScript evaluation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Oct 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h964-v967-3qvg

## What is CVE-2007-5700?

CVE-2007-5700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 29 Oct 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Evaluate LotusScript method in IBM Lotus Domino before 7.0.3 uses an incorrect security context for @ formula commands in some circumstances, which might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges and obtain sensitive information.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5700?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Lotus Domino.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-5700?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5700 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-5700 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Lotus Domino

- [CVE-2011-1519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1519/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0913/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0914/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0915/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0916/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-5700 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-5700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 29 Oct 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Lotus Domino. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5700/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5700/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5700
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5700
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5700

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5700/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.