Access Restriction Bypass Affecting evolution package, versions [,2.26.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EVOLUTION-2370011
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 May 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 May 2009

CVE-2009-1631  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade evolution to version 2.26.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The Mailer component in Evolution 2.26.1 and earlier uses world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory, and certain directories and files under .evolution/ related to local mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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