Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-2936

Public exploit exists!
Postfix before 2.3.15, 2.4 before 2.4.8, 2.5 before 2.5.4, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, when the operating system supports hard links to symlinks, allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a root-owned symlink points, by creating a hard link to this symlink and then sending a message. NOTE: this can be leveraged to gain privileges if there is a symlink to an init script.
Published 2008-08-18 19:41:00
Updated 2023-02-13 02:19:15
Source Red Hat, Inc.
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Products affected by CVE-2008-2936

Threat overview for CVE-2008-2936

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2008-2936
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 22
IPs affected by CVE-2008-2936 1
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2936

EPSS FAQ
0.12%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 47 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-2936

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.2
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
1.9
10.0
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-2936

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2008-2936

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