VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-5312
CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-12-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')