CVE-2009-3897

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

0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 30.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2009-11-24 17:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-11-05

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b19721566c9eaecf8b57f04205e198ba8ddcb1b03b2c3f57f8e9bece0da92233

• secunia.com37443http://secunia.com/advisories/37443third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.osvdb.org60316http://www.osvdb.org/60316vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• marc.info[oss-security] 20091121 CVE Request - Dovecot - 1.2.8http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.dovecot.org[dovecot-news] 20091120 v1.2.8 releasedhttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:001http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.vupen.comADV-2009-3306http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• marc.info[oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVE request: v1.2.8 released to fix the 0777 base_dir creation issuehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• marc.info[oss-security] 20091120 CVE request: v1.2.8 released to fix the 0777 base_dir creation issuehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com37084http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:306http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• marc.info[oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVE Request - Dovecot - 1.2.8http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdovecot-basedir-privilege-escalation(54363)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363vdb-entryx_refsource_XF