CVE-2010-3095

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.

Published: 2019-11-12 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3095

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3095

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.0 3.6 [email protected]
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3095

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3095

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu 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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3095

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mailscanner mailscanner < 4.79.11-2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3095

cvelogic Threat Intelligence