Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail, with "Generate HTML for all fields" enabled, stores sensitive data from names.nsf in hidden form fields, which allows remote attackers to read the HTML source to obtain sensitive information such as (1) the password hash in the HTTPPassword field, (2) the password change date in the HTTPPasswordChangeDate field, (3) the client platform in the ClntPltfrm field, (4) the client machine name in the ClntMachine field, and (5) the client Lotus Domino release in the ClntBld field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2696.
CVE-2005-2428
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 74%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 99.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 3, 2005
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112240869130356&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/16231/
- cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014584
- cve@mitrehttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21212934
- cve@mitrehttp://www.cybsec.com/vuln/default_configuration_information_disclosure_lotus_domino.pdf
- cve@mitrehttp://www.osvdb.org/18462
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5FP0E15GLQ.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14389
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21556
- cve@mitrehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39495/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112240869130356&w=2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16231/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014584
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21212934
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/default_configuration_information_disclosure_lotus_domino.pdf
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Publicly available exploits
(4 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCschwankner/CVE-2005-2428-IBM-Lotus-Domino-R8-Password-Hash-Extraction-ExploitFirst seen Mar 29, 2019
IBM Lotus Domino <= R8 Password Hash Extraction Exploit
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-39495First seen Feb 25, 2016
IBM Lotus Domino R8 - Password Hash Extraction
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3302✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 13, 2007
Lotus Domino R6 Webmail - Remote Password Hash Dumper
Open source ↗ - Nucleihttp/cves/2005/CVE-2005-2428.yamlFirst seen Jan 1, 2005
Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail - Information Disclosure
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