CVE-2010-1123

Chip Salzenberg Deliver does not properly associate a lockfile with the user who created the file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (blockage of incoming e-mail) by creating lockfiles for arbitrary mailboxes.

Published: 2010-03-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1123 is rated Low Risk (9.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1123

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 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
2 2022-02-04 0.89%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1123

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:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1123

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1123

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-1123 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (deliver), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1123

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1123

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
chip_salzenberg deliver 2.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:chip_salzenberg:deliver:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1123

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