Description
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33117
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
Scores
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
22.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (7)
mailscanner/mailscanner
4.68.8
mailscanner/mailscanner
4.68.8-1
mailscanner/mailscanner
4.69.9-3
mailscanner/mailscanner
4.70.7-1
mailscanner/mailscanner
4.71.10-1
mailscanner/mailscanner
4.72.5-1
mailscanner/mailscanner
4.73.4-2
Published
Dec 03, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026