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
Published Sep 24, 2004
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 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
- 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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 0.39% (0.00392) | 30.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00392) | 30.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 18.99th | 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) |
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/17439 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/17439 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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