CVE-2008-5313 mailscanner 4.68.8 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) clama...
MediumCVSS 6.9
EPSS 0.31%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mailscanner | = 4.68.8 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.68.8-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.69.9-3 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.70.7-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.71.10-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.72.5-1 | No fix listed |
| mailscanner | = 4.73.4-2 | No fix listed |
References
- bugs.debian.org
- 33117 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- www.mailscanner.info
- [oss-security] 20081128 CVE id request/update: mailscanner: many scripts allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks mailing-list
- 32557 vdb-entry