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CVE-2004-0881 (GCVE-0-2004-0881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-24 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:31
VLAI
Summary
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, and other versions before 3.2.5, when run as root, allows local users to write files in arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on subdirectories in the maildir.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2004-09-19 00:00
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