VDB-45268 · CVE-2008-5312 · BID 32557

mailscanner up to 4.73.4-2 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in mailscanner. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to link following. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-5312. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in mailscanner. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 12/03/2008 by Raphael Geissert (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-5312 since 12/03/2008. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.69.9-3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 32557†) and Secunia (SA33117†). See VDB-45269 and VDB-45091 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 800206
OpenVAS Name: MailScanner Multiple Insecure Temporary Files Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: mailscanner 4.69.9-3

Timelineinfo

12/01/2008 🔍
12/03/2008 +2 days 🔍
12/03/2008 +0 days 🔍
12/03/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2295 days 🔍
10/19/2018 +1312 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Raphael Geissert
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5312 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5312
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45268
SecurityFocus: 32557 - MailScanner Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33117

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/19/2018 08:08
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (56), 10/19/2018 08:08 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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