mailscanner before 4.79.11-2.1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-5313.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
4.7 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)