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CVE-2008-5301

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5301 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation of Dovecot versions 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files by injecting ".." sequences into script names. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.99.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:0.99.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:0.99.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5301

CVE-2008-5301

References

secunia.com / advisories/32768
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36904
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46672
dovecot.org / list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/32582
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-838-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3190