Vulnerability in Dovecot
CVE-2008-4578
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Dovecot — versions 0.99.13, 0.99.14, 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32164 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45669 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33149 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498498/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)