LOW
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, when run as root, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an mbox file
Published Sep 24, 2004
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
Description
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, when run as root, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an mbox file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 2.3.7
- 3.x
- 4.0
- 4.0.0_b10
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
Configuration 2
OR
- 1.4
- 9.1
- 10.0
- current
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
1.2 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.31% 0.00306
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00306
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00306) | 21.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00306) | 22.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00079) | 20.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17437 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17437 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 24, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Sep 21, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0880
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a