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CVE-2009-3897
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 37443 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 60316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091121 CVE Request - Dovecot - 1.2.8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [dovecot-news] 20091120 v1.2.8 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVE request: v1.2.8 released to fix the 0777 base_dir creation issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091120 CVE request: v1.2.8 released to fix the 0777 base_dir creation issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 37084 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:306 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVE Request - Dovecot - 1.2.8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- dovecot-basedir-privilege-escalation(54363) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2009-3868 (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)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-3897)Record last updated .