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CVE-2008-5312

nvd nist
Published: Dec 3, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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6.9
Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

Description

mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.

Affected (20)

1 product
Mailscanner
Configuration A
20 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mailscanner
Version 4.55.10
Version 4.56.8-1
Version 4.57.7-1
Version 4.58.9-1
Version 4.59.4-2
Version 4.60.8-1
Version 4.61.7-2
Version 4.62.9-3
Version 4.63.8-1
Version 4.64.3-2
Version 4.65.3-1
Version 4.66.5-3
Version 4.67.6-1
Version 4.68.8-1
Version 4.68.8
Version 4.69.9-3
Version 4.70.7-1
Version 4.71.10-1
Version 4.72.5-1
Version 4.73.4-2

References (10)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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