CVE-2008-5313

mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.

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-2008-5313 is rated Low Risk (28.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5313

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 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
2 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5313

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-2008-5313

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5313

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5313 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-2008-5313

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5313

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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-2008-5313

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