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CVE-2010-0301 Details

Description

main.C in maildrop 2.3.0 and earlier, when run by root with the -d option, uses the gid of root for execution of the .mailfilter file in a user's home directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564601	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126462927918840&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468324913920&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468551017070&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468618017829&w=2	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559681	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38367	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38374	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023515	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55980	CVE
http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/changelog.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1981	CVE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564601	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126462927918840&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468324913920&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468551017070&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468618017829&w=2	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559681	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38367	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38374	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023515	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55980	[email protected]
http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/changelog.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1981	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
maildrop maildrop	<= 2.3.0 0.50 0.51 0.51b 0.51c
CPE cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.50:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51b:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51c:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.54:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.54a:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.54b:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.55:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.55a:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.55b:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.55c:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.60:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.61:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.62:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.63:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.64:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.65:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.70:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.71:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.72:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.73:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.74:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.75:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.76:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.99.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.99.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

maildrop maildrop

<= 2.3.0

0.50

0.51

0.51b

0.51c

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.51c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.54a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.54b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.55a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.55b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.55c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:maildrop:maildrop:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 5, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]