CVE-2008-5312
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.9)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 6.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.30%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 21
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
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-59
Referencias
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33117
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33117
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
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