CVE-2007-2873 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in SpamAssassin versions 3.1.x, 3.2.0, and 3.2.1 (before 20070611) when configured to run as root with vpopmail or virtual users. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack to corrupt arbitrary files, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating local access, medium attack complexity, and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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