CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2008-4977

    CVE-2008-4977

    postfix_groups.pl in Postfix 2.5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/postfix_groups.stdout, (2) /tmp/postfix_groups.stderr, and (3) /tmp/postfix_groups.message temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating "This is not a real issue ... users would have to edit a script under /usr/lib to enable it.

    Published:Nov 6, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 6, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00089
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Postfix
    Product
    Postfix

    Exploits

    http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/postfixhttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/postfix

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-43964 (CVSS 3.7) — Postfix before 3.8.16, 3.9 before 3.9.10, and 3.10 before 3.10.9 sometimes allows a buffer over-read and proce…
    CVE-2023-51764 (CVSS 5.3) — Postfix through 3.8.5 allows SMTP smuggling unless configured with smtpd_data_restrictions=reject_unauth_pipel…
    CVE-2020-12063 (CVSS 5.3) — A certain Postfix 2.10.1-7 package could allow an attacker to send an email from an arbitrary-looking sender v…
    CVE-2017-10140 (CVSS 7.8) — Postfix before 2.11.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 might allow local user…
    CVE-2012-0811 (CVSS 6.5) — Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Postfix Admin (aka postfixadmin) before 2.3.5 allow remote authentic…
    CVE-2011-1720 (CVSS 6.8) — The SMTP server in Postfix before 2.5.13, 2.6.x before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.3, whe…
    CVE-2011-0411 (CVSS 6.8) — The STARTTLS implementation in Postfix 2.4.x before 2.4.16, 2.5.x before 2.5.12, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, and 2.7.x…
    CVE-2009-2939 (CVSS 6.9) — The postfix.postinst script in the Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu postfix 2.5.5 package grants the postfix user w…
    CVE-2008-3889 (CVSS 2.1) — Postfix 2.4 before 2.4.9, 2.5 before 2.5.5, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080902, when used with the Linux 2.6 kernel, …
    CVE-2008-2937 (CVSS 1.9) — 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 own…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High