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cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.68.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

part: a version: 4.68.8 update: *

VendorMailscanner (af5737e7-dae0-5f46-8d1c-1978b3728b66)
ProductMailscanner (9fa02bbc-fa96-56ff-b1ea-7742d4d4c1fd)
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Imported from purl2cpe mapping

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pkg:github/mailscanner/v4 purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:28.711376
pkg:github/mailscanner/v5 purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:28.711378

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2008-5313 vulnerable 2026-06-08 04:50:50.766844 Details available
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: 2008-12-03T17:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.541Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2008-5312 vulnerable 2026-06-08 04:50:50.763388 Details available
mailscanner 4.55.10 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) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.
Published: 2008-12-03T17:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.367Z
Reference links
Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

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