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CVE-2008-2937

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
18/08/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Postfix 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814 delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient, which allows local users to read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
1.90
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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