CVE-2008-5312

mailscanner 4.55.10 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) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.

Published: 2008-12-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5312 is rated Low Risk (35.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5312

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.30% +0.26%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5312

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5312

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5312

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5312 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mailscanner), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5312

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5312

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mailscanner mailscanner 4.55.10 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.55.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.56.8-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.56.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.57.7-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.57.7-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.58.9-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.58.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.59.4-2 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.59.4-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.60.8-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.60.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.61.7-2 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.61.7-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.62.9-3 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.62.9-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.63.8-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.63.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.64.3-2 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.64.3-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.65.3-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.65.3-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.66.5-3 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.66.5-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.67.6-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.67.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.68.8 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.68.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.68.8-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.68.8-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.69.9-3 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.69.9-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.70.7-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.70.7-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.71.10-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.71.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.72.5-1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.72.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.73.4-2 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.73.4-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5312

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