CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5140
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
trend-autoupdate.new in mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/opr.ini.##### or (2) /tmp/lpt*.zip temporary file.
Affected configurations
• debian mailscanner 4.55.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44 bugs.debian.org
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html lists.debian.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32730 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33117 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32376 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46725 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44 bugs.debian.org
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html lists.debian.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32730 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33117 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32376 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46725 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com