Back
CVE-2008-2937
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…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 49 days later
· 49 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- FEDORA-2008-8595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 32231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8593 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080821 rPSA-2008-0259-1 postfix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- postfix-email-information-disclosure(44461) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30691 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0422 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31500 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31485 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200808-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2930 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-2937)Record last updated .