CVE-2008-5313 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 3 Dec 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in MailScanner autoupdate and wrapper 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-2008-5313?

CVE-2008-5313 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 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5313?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mailscanner Mailscanner.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5313?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5313 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-2008-5313 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5313 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3vvx-pv53-gmrh.