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CVE-2008-4578
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.7%
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- redhat
Description
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- 32164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- dovecot-acl-mailbox-security-bypass(45669) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 33149 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2745 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31587 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Dovecot-news] 20081005 v1.1.4 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20081119 Re: [ MDVSA-2008:232 ] dovecot (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
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