CVE-2008-5313

mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.
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ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.9 UNKNOWN
LOCAL
MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
VendorProductVersion
mailscannermailscanner
4.68.8
mailscannermailscanner
4.68.8-1
mailscannermailscanner
4.69.9-3
mailscannermailscanner
4.70.7-1
mailscannermailscanner
4.71.10-1
mailscannermailscanner
4.72.5-1
mailscannermailscanner
4.73.4-2
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Product
Codename
mailscanner
oneiric
dne
natty
not-affected
maverick
not-affected
lucid
not-affected
karmic
not-affected
jaunty
not-affected
intrepid
ignored
hardy
ignored
gutsy
ignored
dapper
ignored