mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140
Published Dec 3, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.30%
Description
mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.55.10
- 4.56.8-1
- 4.57.7-1
- 4.58.9-1
- 4.59.4-2
- 4.60.8-1
- 4.61.7-2
- 4.62.9-3
- 4.63.8-1
- 4.64.3-2
- 4.65.3-1
- 4.66.5-3
- 4.67.6-1
- 4.68.8
- 4.68.8-1
- 4.69.9-3
- 4.70.7-1
- 4.71.10-1
- 4.72.5-1
- 4.73.4-2
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.30% (0.00305) | 21.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00305) | 21.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.02% (0.00024) | 3.78th | 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) |
References (5)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33117 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33117 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
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