CVE-2010-1123 — Chip Salzenberg Deliver does not properly associate a lockfile with the user who created the file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (blockage of incoming e-mail) by creating lockfiles for arbitrary mailboxes

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Chip Salzenberg Deliver does not properly associate a lockfile with the user who created the file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (blockage of incoming e-mail) by creating lockfiles for arbitrary mailboxes

Published Mar 26, 2010

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.23%

Description

Chip Salzenberg Deliver does not properly associate a lockfile with the user who created the file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (blockage of incoming e-mail) by creating lockfiles for arbitrary mailboxes.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.23% 0.00231

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00231

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 3, 2026	0.23% (0.00231)	12.68th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.23% (0.00231)	13.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00044)	10.75th	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	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-362

Race Condition

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510306/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38924
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57558
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510306/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38924		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57558		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 26, 2010

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 26, 2010

Link CVE-2010-1123

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2010-1123

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2010-1123