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CVE-2008-4578

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
15/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.

Impact

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

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:0.99.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:0.99.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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