{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:26Z",
  "published": "2009-11-24T17:30:00Z",
  "id": "CVE-2009-3897",
  "details": "Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37443"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=125871729029145\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=125881481222441\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=125900267208712\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=125900271508796\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=125871729029145\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=125900267208712\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/60316"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084"
    }
  ]
}