VDB
CVE-2009-3897
CVE-2009-3897
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
EPSS 0.37% · 30.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.37%
30.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.0 |
Timeline
- Nov 24, 2009 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 14, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- dovecot-basedir-privilege-escalation(54363) vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3897 advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html url
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2 url
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2 url
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2 url
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37443 url
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306 url
- http://www.osvdb.org/60316 url
- ADV-2009-3306 vdb
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084 url