CVE-2007-2873

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SpamAssassin 3.1.x, 3.2.0, and 3.2.1 before 20070611, when running as root in unusual configurations using vpopmail or virtual users, allows local users to cause a denial of service (corrupt arbitrary files) via a symlink attack on a file that is used by spamd.

Affected products

Spamassassin: 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5 (+6)

References

http://osvdb.org/37234
http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-2873.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:125
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0492.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24481
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018242
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2172
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34864
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1450
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10354
http://osvdb.org/37234
http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-2873.txt

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