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CVE-2005-3088

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

fetchmailconf before 1.49 in fetchmail 6.2.0, 6.2.5 and 6.2.5.2 creates configuration files with insecure world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as passwords.

Affected products

• fetchmail: 6.2.0, 6.2.5, 6.2.5.2

References

• http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113042785902031&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17293
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17349
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17446
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17491
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17495
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17631
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18895
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015114

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