MEDIUM
Dovecot possible privilege ascalation in ACL plugin
Published Aug 8, 2007
6.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.38%
Description
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.0.3 allows remote authenticated users with the insert right to save certain flags via a (1) COPY or (2) APPEND command.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
These issues did not affect the dovecot versions as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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.
6.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.38% 0.01375
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01375
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01375) | 71.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01375) | 68.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.13% (0.01131) | 76.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00594) | 79.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00594) | 78.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 77.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00578) | 77.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 76.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00516) | 73.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 71.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 75.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 75.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 73.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 52.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26320 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26475 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-August/000048.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25182 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4211 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251007 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35767 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1621 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4211
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11558 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4211
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 8, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 7, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4211
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a