CVE-2009-3897
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
Affected configurations
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html
marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2
marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2
marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2
marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2
secunia.com/advisories/37443
www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306
www.osvdb.org/60316
www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%