Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2004-0880 First vendor Publication 2005-01-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-07-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0880

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 23
Os 1
Os 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200409-32 (getmail)
File : nvt/glsa_200409_32.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 553-1 (getmail)
File : nvt/deb_553_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
10072 getmail /tmp Symlink Local Privilege Escalation

Getmail contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when a local user creates a symlink from a critical file to an mbox file or a subdirectory of maildir. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2005-07-13 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2004-278-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-553.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-24 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200409-32.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BUGTRAQ http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2
CONFIRM http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17437

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