CVE-2008-5312 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in MailScanner autoupdate scripts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5312?
CVE-2008-5312 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5312?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mailscanner Mailscanner.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5312?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5312 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2008-5312 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5312 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g5jp-8pcq-gg3c.