CVE-2008-5312
mailscanner 4.55.10 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) panda-autoupdate.new, (4)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
mailscanner 4.55.10 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) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- mailscanner/mailscanner
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33117Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33117Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.