CVE-2017-1129

Exp

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 could cause the Notes client to hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121370.

Published: 2017-09-05 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-1129 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.50%, 98th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-1129

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
42602 exploit_db edb 2017-09-02 Exploit-DB ↗
42969 exploit_db edb 2017-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-1129

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 73.91% 68.50% -5.41%
2 2025-03-29 68.50% 73.91% +5.41%
3 2025-03-19 — 68.50% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-1129

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-1129

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-1129

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm inotes 8.5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 8.5.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 9.0.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:9.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 9.0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:9.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 9.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:9.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm inotes 9.0.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:9.0.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm expeditor 6.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:expeditor:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm expeditor 6.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:expeditor:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm expeditor 6.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:expeditor:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-1129

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