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CVE-2013-4223
The Gentoo Nullmailer package before 1.11-r2 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/nullmailer/remotes, which allows local users to…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.3%
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- redhat
Description
The Gentoo Nullmailer package before 1.11-r2 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/nullmailer/remotes, which allows local users to obtain SMTP authentication credentials by reading the file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (5 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- [oss-security] 20130809 Re: CVE request: nullmailer world readable /etc/nullmailer/remotes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- nullmailer-cve20134223-insecure-permissions(86384) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130809 Re: CVE request: nullmailer world readable /etc/nullmailer/remotes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 61743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 96177 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480376 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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