{"cve":"CVE-2009-3897","nvd":{"published":"2009-11-24T17:30:00.407","modified":"2026-06-16T23:12:35.783","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-732"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html","http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2"],"products":["dovecot:dovecot"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-3897","score":0.00375,"percentile":0.31538,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}