CVE-2007-6208

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

sylprint.pl in claws mail tools (claws-mail-tools) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sylprint.[USER].[PID] temporary file.

Affected products

Claws Mail Tools: all versions

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454089
http://osvdb.org/42478
http://secunia.com/advisories/27897
http://secunia.com/advisories/28402
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26676
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454089
http://osvdb.org/42478
http://secunia.com/advisories/27897
http://secunia.com/advisories/28402
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26676

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