CVE-2009-1631

medium

Description

The Mailer component in Evolution 2.26.1 and earlier uses world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory, and certain directories and files under .evolution/ related to local mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-1626

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498648

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/12/6

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581604

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526409

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-05-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0044