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.

Threat-Mapped Scoring

Score: 0.0

Priority: Unclassified

EPSS

Score: 0.00079
Percentile: 0.24312

CVSS Scoring

Mapped CWE(s)

• CWE-732 : Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

All CAPEC(s)

CAPEC(s) with Mapped TTPs

Mapped ATT&CK TTPs

• T1574.010 : Services File Permissions Weakness
  Kill Chain: persistence
• T1548 : Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
  Kill Chain: privilege-escalation
• T1083 : File and Directory Discovery
  Kill Chain: discovery
• T1574.005 : Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness
  Kill Chain: persistence
• T1574.010 : Services File Permissions Weakness
  Kill Chain: persistence
• T1574.010 : Services File Permissions Weakness
  Kill Chain: persistence
• T1553.002 : Code Signing
  Kill Chain: defense-evasion
• T1134.001 : Token Impersonation/Theft
  Kill Chain: defense-evasion
• T1550.004 : Web Session Cookie
  Kill Chain: defense-evasion
• T1505.005 : Terminal Services DLL
  Kill Chain: persistence
• T1554 : Compromise Host Software Binary
  Kill Chain: persistence
• T1574.005 : Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness
  Kill Chain: persistence

Malware

APTs Threat Group Associations

Campaigns

Affected Products

• cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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