Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-0880
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, when run as root, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an mbox file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.2 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux — versions 1.4
- Getmail — versions 2.3.7, 3.x, 4.0
- Slackware Linux — versions 9.1, 10.0, current
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553 (vendor-advisory)
- www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17437 (vdb-entry)