PT-2010-2093 · Courier Mta · Maildrop

Christoph Anton Mitterer · Published 2010-02-04 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2010-0301

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 maildrop versions 2.3.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted .mailfilter file in a user's home directory. This occurs when maildrop is run by root with the -d option, as it uses the gid of root for execution of the .mailfilter file.

Recommendations For versions 2.3.0 and earlier, consider restricting access to the .mailfilter file to prevent exploitation until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid running maildrop with the -d option as root to minimize the risk of privilege escalation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0301

DSA-1981-1

Affected Products

Maildrop

References · 19

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-0301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0301 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1981 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38367 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0301 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0301 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38374 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126462927918840&w=2 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559681 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564601 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55980 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468618017829&w=2 · Note