evolution: insecure permissions on evolution mailbox folders
Published May 14, 2009
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
Description
The Mailer component in Evolution 2.26.1 and earlier uses world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory, and certain directories and files under .evolution/ related to local mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.26.1
- 1.0.8
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.4
- 2.6
- 2.12
- 2.24
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. By default, user home directories are created with mode 0700 permissions, which would not expose the ~/.evolution/ directory regardless of its own permissions. If a user intentionally relaxes permissions on their home directory, they should be auditing all files and directories in order to not expose unwanted files to other local users.
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:P/I:N/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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00440) | 36.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00405) | 32.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00101) | 25.49th | 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 (8)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526409 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581604 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/12/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1631 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498648 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1631
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1631
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526409 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581604 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/12/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1631 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498648 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1631 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1631 |
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