CVE-2008-4577
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 treats negative access rights as if they are positive access rights, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.33%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 83
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
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 (4)
CWE
- CWE-863
Referencias
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32471
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32471
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html
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