# CVE-2008-5313: mailscanner 4.68.8 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-12-03 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

mailscanner 4.68.8 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6) kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11) MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in /usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15) scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp configuration file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353#44
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33117
- http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog

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