Is CVE-2009-3897 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3897 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3897?

CVE-2009-3897 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-3897

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Dovecot 1.2.x before 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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-732
EPSS score: 0.4% (32th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-3868)
Published: November 24, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3868 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

dovecot / dovecot

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html(Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2(Mailing List, Patch)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2(Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2(Mailing List, Patch)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37443(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306(Not Applicable)
http://www.osvdb.org/60316(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306(Patch, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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