VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-0881
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, and other versions before 3.2.5, when run as root, allows local users to write files in arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on subdirectories in the maildir.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, and other versions before 3.2.5, when run as root, allows local users to write files in arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on subdirectories in the maildir.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th 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/17439
- 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/17439
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.