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CVE-2008-5313

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.9 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-59
EPSS score
0.3% (23th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-5290)
Published
December 3, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5290 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • mailscanner / mailscanner
  • mailscanner / mailscanner
  • mailscanner / mailscanner
  • mailscanner / mailscanner
  • mailscanner / mailscanner
  • mailscanner / mailscanner
  • mailscanner / mailscanner

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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