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Authentication bypassing in Lotus Domino

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks if Lotus Domino databases can be accessed by by-passing the required authentication

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

By creating a specially crafted url, the authentication mechanism of
Domino database can be circumvented. These urls should look like:

http://host.com/.ntf.nsf/ in which has a
certain length.

Solution: Upgrade to the latest version of Domino.
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 4022

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Davy Van De Moere

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