CVE-2010-3779

N/A Unknown
Published: October 06, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.beta2 grants the admin permission to the owner of each mailbox in a non-public namespace, which might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by changing the ACL of a mailbox, as demonstrated by a symlinked shared mailbox.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43220
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
61th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

dovecot