{
    "id": "CVE-2008-2936",
    "published": "2008-08-18 19:41:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:54:46",
    "cvss_score": "6.2",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "description": "Postfix before 2.3.15, 2.4 before 2.4.8, 2.5 before 2.5.4, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080814, when the operating system supports hard links to symlinks, allows local users to append e-mail messages to a file to which a root-owned symlink points, by creating a hard link to this symlink and then sending a message.  NOTE: this can be leveraged to gain privileges if there is a symlink to an init script.",
    "epss_score": "0.00993",
    "epss_percentile": "0.61542",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "postfix",
            "product": "postfix"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "6337",
            "title": "Postfix 2.6-20080814 - 'symlink' Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2008-08-31",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6337"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/experimental/postfix-2.6-20080814.HISTORY",
        "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.3.15.HISTORY",
        "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.4.8.HISTORY",
        "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-2.5.4.HISTORY",
        "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.announce/110",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00002.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/31469",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/31474",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/31477",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/31485",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/31500",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/31530",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/32231",
        "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-12.xml",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4160",
        "http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0259",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1629",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/938323",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:171",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0839.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495474/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495632/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495882/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30691",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020700"
    ]
}