CVE-2008-5140

medium

Description

trend-autoupdate.new in mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/opr.ini.##### or (2) /tmp/lpt*.zip temporary file.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46725

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32376

http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog

http://secunia.com/advisories/33117

http://secunia.com/advisories/32730

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N