Postfix 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814 delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient, which…

Description

Postfix 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814 delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient, which allows local users to read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.36% · top 71% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (17)

• FEDORA-2008-8595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 32231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-8593 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080821 rPSA-2008-0259-1 postfix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• postfix-email-information-disclosure(44461) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 30691 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0422 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31500 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31485 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• GLSA-200808-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:21 UTC.