CVE-2007-6208
sylprint.pl in claws mail tools (claws-mail-tools) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sylprint.[USER].[PID] temporary file.
02 Description
sylprint.pl in claws mail tools (claws-mail-tools) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sylprint.[USER].[PID] temporary file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-12-04 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 44dcbf4366b3308b1ba045b71eba83a18fbbd3105429242982d71604a7d65701
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com28402http://secunia.com/advisories/28402
- osvdb.org42478http://osvdb.org/42478
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200801-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml
- www.securityfocus.com26676http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26676
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454089
- secunia.com27897http://secunia.com/advisories/27897
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- claws-mail Fixed in 3.1.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- claws-mail Fixed in 3.1.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- claws-mail Fixed in 3.1.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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