Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-11-24T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:45:50.108Z

Reserved: 2009-11-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-3897

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2009-11-24T17:30:00.407

Modified: 2024-02-08T15:21:34.730

Link: CVE-2009-3897

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3897 - Bugzilla