CVE-2010-3095

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
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: 2019-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

mailscanner before 4.79.11-2.1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-5313.

Affected products

mailscanner: before 4.79.11-2.1 — fixed in 4.79.11-2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mailscanner 4.79.11-2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3095
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=596403
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3095
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/9
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3095
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=596403
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3095
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/9

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