CVE-2010-0301 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in maildrop version 2.3.0 and earlier. When maildrop is executed by the root user with the -d option, it incorrectly uses root's group ID for processing a user's .mailfilter file, allowing local users to gain root privileges through a specially crafted file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.51CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.51bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.51cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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