CVE-2008-5312

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5312
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2008-12-03T17:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2010-12-28T05:00:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.55.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.56.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.57.7-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.58.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.59.4-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.60.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.61.7-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.62.9-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.63.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.64.3-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.65.3-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.66.5-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.67.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.68.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.68.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.69.9-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.70.7-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.71.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.72.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.73.4-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
http://secunia.com/advisories/33117 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5312
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5312
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 11:07:17 Added to TrackCVE