6.4

CVE-2008-5301: dovecot Path Traversal

CVSS: 6.4v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5301
Published 01-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5301 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Path Traversal vulnerability in dovecot. EPSS estimates a 1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.83%
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. 01-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.83% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.83%

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< 1:1.0.15-2.3
Dovecot1 product
  • dovecot0.99.13 | 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 | 1.1 | 1.1:rc2 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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