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CVE-2005-3088

Published: Oct 27, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
NVD MITRE
2.1CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 64.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

fetchmailconf before 1.49 in fetchmail 6.2.0, 6.2.5 and 6.2.5.2 creates configuration files with insecure world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as passwords.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

n/an/a
fetchmailfetchmail
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
fetchmailoss-projectCommunicationsaka fetchmail, fetchmail daemon

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2182
vupen.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com
http://www.osvdb.org/20267
osvdb.org
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Timeline

Published
Oct 27, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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