VDB
CVE-2008-5312
CVE-2008-5312
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.
EPSS 0.30% · 22.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.30%
22.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| mailscanner | mailscanner | 4.55.10, 4.56.8-1, 4.57.7-1 |
Timeline
- Dec 3, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44 url
- 32557 vdb
- [oss-security] 20081128 CVE id request/update: mailscanner: many scripts allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks mailing-list
- 33117 third-party-advisory
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5312 advisory