VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-3897

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-11-24
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references