4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-3897

Published: 24/11/2009 Updated: 08/02/2024
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Dovecot 1.2.x prior to 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.

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