maildrop: does not drop supplimentary groups when dropping privileges
Published Feb 4, 2010
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
main.C in maildrop 2.3.0 and earlier, when run by root with the -d option, uses the gid of root for execution of the .mailfilter file in a user's home directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.3.0
- 0.50
- 0.51
- 0.51b
- 0.51c
- 0.54
- 0.54a
- 0.54b
- 0.55
- 0.55a
- 0.55b
- 0.55c
- 0.60
- 0.61
- 0.62
- 0.63
- 0.64
- 0.65
- 0.70
- 0.71
- 0.72
- 0.73
- 0.74
- 0.75
- 0.76
- 0.99.1
- 0.99.2
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.7
- 1.3.8
- 1.3.9
- 1.4.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.7.0
- 1.8.1
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.1
- 2.2
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 3, 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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 34.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 33.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 12.91th | 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 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564601 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126462927918840&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468324913920&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468551017070&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468618017829&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38367 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38374 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023515 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1981 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0301 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559681 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55980 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0301
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0301
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