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CVE-2008-2937

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2937 describes a vulnerability in Postfix versions 2.5 before 2.5.4 and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, where the mail server would deliver emails to a mailbox file even if it wasn't owned by the intended recipient. This flaw allowed local users to read other users' email messages by creating a mailbox file with a corresponding account name. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and medium attack complexity, with a potential impact of only confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: postfix-2:2.2.10-1.4.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postfix-2:2.3.3-2.2.el5_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2937Low

postfix improper mailbox permissions

Aug 14, 2008

References

ftp.porcupine.org / mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY
ftp.porcupine.org / mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/31477
secunia.com / advisories/31485
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31500
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32231
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44461
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2689
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0422.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30691
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2385