CVE-2004-0881

high

Description

getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, and other versions before 3.2.5, when run as root, allows local users to write files in arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on subdirectories in the maildir.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17439

http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-01-27

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High