Description
Postfix 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814 delivers to a mailbox file even when this file is not owned by the recipient, which allows local users to read e-mail messages by creating a mailbox file corresponding to another user's account name.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- POSTFIX
- Published
- 8/18/2008
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
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