CVE-2009-1631

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The Mailer component in Evolution 2.26.1 and earlier uses world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory, and certain directories and files under .evolution/ related to local mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

Published: 2009-05-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1631 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1631

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1631

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 0.10% 0.40% +0.30%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.10% +0.06%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1631

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1631

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1631

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2009-1631 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (evolution), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1631
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1631
ubuntu low CVE-2009-1631 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (evolution), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): ignored 6, not-affected 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1631

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2009-1631

  • Red Hat (2009-12-07T00:00:00)

    Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. By default, user home directories are created with mode 0700 permissions, which would not expose the ~/.evolution/ directory regardless of its own permissions. If a user intentionally relaxes permissions on their home directory, they should be auditing all files and directories in order to not expose unwanted files to other local users.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1631

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome evolution <= 2.26.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome evolution 2.24 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1631

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