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CVE-2008-4578: dovecot

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-4578
Published 15-10-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4578 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in dovecot. EPSS estimates a 1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.68%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-10-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.68% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • dovecot< 1:1.1.9-1
Dovecot1 product
  • dovecot≤ 1.1.3 | 0.99.13 | 0.99.14 | 1.0 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.0.10 | 1.0.12 | 1.0.beta1 | 1.0.beta2 | 1.0.beta3 | 1.0.beta4 | 1.0.beta5 | 1.0.beta6 | 1.0.beta7 | 1.0.beta8 | 1.0.beta9 | 1.0.rc1 | 1.0.rc2 | 1.0.rc3 | 1.0.rc4 | 1.0.rc5 | 1.0.rc6 | 1.0.rc7 | 1.0.rc8 | 1.0.rc9 | 1.0.rc10 | 1.0.rc11 | 1.0.rc12 | 1.0.rc13 | 1.0.rc14 | 1.0.rc15 | 1.0.rc16 | 1.0.rc17 | 1.0.rc18 | 1.0.rc19 | 1.0.rc20 | 1.0.rc21 | 1.0.rc22 | 1.0.rc23 | 1.0.rc24 | 1.0.rc25 | 1.0.rc26 | 1.0.rc27 | 1.0.rc28 | 1.0_rc29 | 1.1 | 1.1:rc2 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2

2 vendors · 2 products

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