VDB
CVE-2008-5313
CVE-2008-5313
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.
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 | 4.68.8, 4.69.9-3, 4.70.7-1 |
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-2008-5313 advisory