{"id":"CVE-2008-5313","aliases":["EUVD-2008-5290","GHSA-3vvx-pv53-gmrh"],"status":"published","title":"mailscanner 4.68.8 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite...","description":"mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.00305,"percentile":0.23457,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"published":"2008-12-03T17:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:41Z","products":[{"vendor":"mailscanner","product":"mailscanner"}],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33117","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5313"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3vvx-pv53-gmrh"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2008-5313","description":"mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.","status":"published","published":"2008-12-03T17:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T10:49:12.541Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:43.943588Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2008-5290","description":"mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.","status":"published","published":"2008-12-03T17:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T10:49:12Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:38:43.962549Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-3vvx-pv53-gmrh","title":"mailscanner 4.68.8 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite...","description":"mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T05:45:21Z","modified":"2023-01-28T05:04:53Z","cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:44:15.556193Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2008-5313","description":"mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.","status":"published","published":"2008-12-03T17:30:00.463Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:41.833Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:29.702694Z"}]}}