CVE-2004-0881

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, and other versions before 3.2.5, when run as root, allows local users to write files in arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on subdirectories in the maildir.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-09-21 CVE Reserved
2004-09-24 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-4/CHANGELOG	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17439	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml	2017-07-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553	2017-07-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				2.3.7 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "2.3.7"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				3.x Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "3.x"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.0_b10 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.0_b10"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.1 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.1"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.2 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.2"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.3 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.3"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.4 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.4"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.5 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.5"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.6 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.6"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.7 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.7"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.8 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.8"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.9 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.9"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.10 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.10"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.11 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.11"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.12 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.12"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.0.13 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.0.13"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.1 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.1"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.1.1 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.1.1"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.1.2 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.1.2"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.1.3 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.1.3"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.1.4 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.1.4"		-		Affected
Getmail Search vendor "Getmail"		Getmail Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail"				4.1.5 Search vendor "Getmail" for product "Getmail" and version "4.1.5"		-		Affected
Gentoo Search vendor "Gentoo"		Linux Search vendor "Gentoo" for product "Linux"				1.4 Search vendor "Gentoo" for product "Linux" and version "1.4"		-		Affected
Slackware Search vendor "Slackware"		Slackware Linux Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux"				9.1 Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux" and version "9.1"		-		Affected
Slackware Search vendor "Slackware"		Slackware Linux Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Slackware Search vendor "Slackware"		Slackware Linux Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux"				current Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux" and version "current"		-		Affected