mailscanner before 4.79.11-2.1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-5313.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-3095 is rated Low Risk (25.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2025-03-17 | 0.04% | 0.07% | +0.03% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 0.95% | 0.04% | -0.91% |
| 3 | 2022-02-04 | — | 0.95% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
|
1.0 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 3.3 | 2.0 | LOW |
|
3.4 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2010-3095 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mailscanner), 10 status rows across 10 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 5, ignored 3, not-affected 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3095 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mailscanner | mailscanner | < 4.79.11-2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3095 | Broken Link |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=596403 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3095 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/9 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |