CVE-2008-2937
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-08-18 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:21
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
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