VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-0880
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, when run as root, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an mbox file.
LOW 1.2EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, when run as root, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an mbox file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.2 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- getmail/getmail · gentoo/linux · slackware/slackware linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553
- http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17437
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553
- http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17437
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.