CVE-2008-5312

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.55.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.56.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.57.7-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.58.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.59.4-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.60.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.61.7-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.62.9-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.63.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.64.3-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.65.3-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.66.5-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.67.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.68.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.68.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.69.9-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.70.7-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.71.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.72.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.73.4-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2008-12-03 17:30

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51


NVD link : CVE-2008-5312

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5312

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5312


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Products Affected

mailscanner

  • mailscanner
CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')