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CVE-2009-3721

Published: May 26, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 25.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

gnome
oss-project·USaka glib, gnome project
evolutionOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
ytnef project
oss-projectaka ytnef
ytnefLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662
bugzilla.redhat.com
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html
ocert.org

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