CVE-2008-5150 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in maildirsync version 1.1, specifically within the sample.sh script. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to a temporary log file, allowing them to append arbitrary data to any file on the system. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jose_carlos_medeiros:maildirsync:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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