CVE-2009-2939

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
The postfix.postinst script in the Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu postfix 2.5.5 package grants the postfix user write access to /var/spool/postfix/pid, which might allow local users to conduct symlink attacks that overwrite arbitrary files.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-2939
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-09-21T19:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2011-08-24T03:02:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 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/2009/09/18/6 Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2939
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2939
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:59:33 Added to TrackCVE