Vulnerability CVE-2010-0301
Published: 2010-02-04   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
main.C in maildrop 2.3.0 and earlier, when run by root with the -d option, uses the gid of root for execution of the .mailfilter file in a user's home directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted file.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Maildrop Local Users Gain Elevated Group Privileges
Steffen Joeris
06.02.2010

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Maildrop -> Maildrop 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559681
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/55980
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1981
http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/changelog.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023515
http://secunia.com/advisories/38374
http://secunia.com/advisories/38367
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468618017829&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468551017070&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468324913920&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126462927918840&w=2
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564601
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