PT-2008-6295 · Unknown+1 · Maildirsync+1

Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5150

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions maildirsync version 1.1

Description The issue allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Recommendations For maildirsync version 1.1, consider restricting access to the sample.sh script until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the sample.sh script in maildirsync to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5150

Affected Products

Debian

Maildirsync

References · 14

• 🔥 http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5150 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5150 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5150 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5150 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5150 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5150 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/maildirsync · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5150 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.debian.org/src:maildirsync · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32403 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46711 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html · Note