CVE-2020-3812 — Vulnetix

CVE-2020-3812 PUBLISHED

qmail-verify as used in netqmail 1.06 is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. A local attacker can test for the existence of files and directories anywhere in the filesystem because qmail-verify runs as root and tests for the existence of files in the attacker's home directory, without dropping its privileges first.

EPSS 0.04% · 14.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.04%

14.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	netqmail	0, 1.06-5
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	netqmail	0, 1.06-6
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	netqmail	0, 1.06-5
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	netqmail	0, 1.06-6.1

Exploit Intelligence

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8 (nist-nvd)
https://bugs.debian.org/961060 (circl)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692 (circl)
[debian-lts-announce] 20200604 [SECURITY] [DLA 2234-1] netqmail security update (circl)
USN-4556-1 (circl)

Timeline

May 26, 2020 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-3812 third-party-advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/198 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4556-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4621-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3812 third-party-advisory

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