CVE-2008-2936

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

0.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 62.2% 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

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2008-08-18 19:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 09:21Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-06-30

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d8fca8c86e95be715d8d77c27ce15d6a610a8751a35eb7e802502874223a0cb4

• www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8595https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• ftp.porcupine.orgftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORYx_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com32231http://secunia.com/advisories/32231third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• secunia.com31469http://secunia.com/advisories/31469third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• ftp.porcupine.orgftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORYx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-1629http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• secunia.com31530http://secunia.com/advisories/31530third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8593https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2689x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1020700http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com20080821 rPSA-2008-0259-1 postfixhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#938323http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• article.gmane.org[postfix-announce] 20080814 Postfix local privilege escalation via hardlinked symlinkshttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• securityreason.com4160http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
• www.securityfocus.com30691http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:040http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• secunia.com31474http://secunia.com/advisories/31474third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securityfocus.com20080831 PoCfix (PoC for Postfix local root vuln - CVE-2008-2936)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compostfix-symlink-code-execution(44460)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44460vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• ftp.porcupine.orgftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORYx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com6337https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0839http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• ftp.porcupine.orgftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORYx_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com31500http://secunia.com/advisories/31500third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10033https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10033vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• secunia.com31477http://secunia.com/advisories/31477third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• secunia.com31485http://secunia.com/advisories/31485third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-636-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/636-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:171http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• www.securityfocus.com20080814 Postfix local privilege escalation via hardlinked symlinkshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.vupen.comADV-2008-2385http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2385vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200808-12http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO