CVE-2008-2937
Estado: ModificadaBaja (1.9)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 1.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.36%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 27
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-200
Referencias
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:224
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0422.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44461
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:224
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0422.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44461
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html
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