CVE-2008-4578
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4558)
- Published
- October 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4558 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
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and 7 more…
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32164(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498498/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45669
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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