CVE-2017-1720
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by carefully...
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by carefully crafting a command line sent via the shared memory IPC. IBM X-Force ID: 134807.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by carefully crafting a command line sent via the shared memory IPC. IBM X-Force ID: 134807.
- Record
CVE-2017-1720- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by carefully crafting a command line sent via the shared memory IPC. IBM X-Force ID: 134807.
- Record
CVE-2017-1720- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-10736 No score
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by carefully crafting a command line sent via the shared memory IPC. IBM X-Force ID: 134807.
- Record
EUVD-2017-10736- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5fhf-9php-ghhj
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by carefully...
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by carefully crafting a command line sent via the shared memory IPC. IBM X-Force ID: 134807.
- Record
GHSA-5fhf-9php-ghhj- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-1720 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Hcl Software Notes, published February 13, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.