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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…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.30%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081128 CVE id request/update: mailscanner: many scripts allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 33117 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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