# CVE-2017-1130: Denial of service in Notes

> Attackers can cause IBM Notes to hang by tricking users into clicking malicious links that trigger excessive file dialogs.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Sep 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g5fp-9f6p-pwwr

## What is CVE-2017-1130?

CVE-2017-1130 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Notes, published on 5 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a malicious link, it would open up many file select dialog boxes which would cause the client hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121371.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1130?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Inotes.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-1130?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1130 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-1130 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-1130 exists.

Public exploit code:

- IBM Notes 8.5.x/9.0.x - Denial of Service (2) (exploitdb)
- IBM Notes Denial Of Service (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Notes

- [CVE-2013-0589](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0589/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-1659](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1659/): Cross-site scripting in "HCL iNotes" (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-0594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0594/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-1421](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1421/): Cross-site scripting in iNotes (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-1327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1327/): Cross-site scripting in iNotes (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-1130 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-1130 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Notes, published on 5 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-1130 exists.

Affected product: IBM Notes. 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-2017-1130/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1130/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1130
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1130
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1130

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