cve/2008/CVE-2008-4977.md

CVE-2008-4977

Description

** DISPUTED ** postfix_groups.pl in Postfix 2.5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/postfix_groups.stdout, (2) /tmp/postfix_groups.stderr, and (3) /tmp/postfix_groups.message temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating "This is not a real issue ... users would have to edit a script under /usr/lib to enable it."

POC

Reference

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

Github

• https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds