CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
MailScanner is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800206");
script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-16 16:12:00 +0100 (Tue, 16 Dec 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5312", "CVE-2008-5313");
script_name("MailScanner Multiple Insecure Temporary Files Vulnerabilities");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/33117/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32557");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mailscanner.info/ChangeLog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/29/1");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("login/SSH/success");
script_exclude_keys("ssh/no_linux_shell");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary codes
in the context of the application and can compromise a vulnerable system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MailScanner version prior to 4.74.7-2 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are due to:
- Several autoupdate scripts for f-prot-autoupdate, clamav-autoupdate,
panda-autoupdate, trend-autoupdate, bitdefender-wrapper, kaspersky-wrapper
etc. use temporary files in an insecure manner.
- The SpamAssassin and TNEF handlers use temporary files in an insecure manner.
These can be exploited to affects local users to overwrite arbitrary files via
symlink attacks.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the latest MailScanner version 4.74.7-2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MailScanner is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
exit(0);
}
include("ssh_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection();
if(sock)
{
send_cmd = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:"MailScanner -v", timeout:120);
ssh_close_connection();
if("MailScanner" >< send_cmd)
{
scanner_ver = eregmatch(pattern:"MailScanner version ([0-9.]+)", string:send_cmd);
if(scanner_ver[1] != NULL)
{
if(version_is_less_equal(version:scanner_ver[1], test_version:"4.74.7")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:scanner_ver[1], vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 4.74.7");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
}
}
}