CVE-2008-2937
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Postfix 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814 delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient, which allows local users to read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2930)
- Published
- August 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2930 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- postfix / postfix
- postfix / postfix
- postfix / postfix
- postfix / postfix
- postfix / postfix
References
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31477
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31485(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31500(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:224
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0422.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44461
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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