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CVE-2005-3088· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 8/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.45% (FIRST EPSS).
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: fetchmail (Debian:12) 6.2.5.4-1; fetchmail (Debian:3.0) 5.9.11-6.4; fetchmail-ssl (Debian:3.0) 5.9.11-6.3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to fetchmail (Debian:12) 6.2.5.4-1; fetchmail (Debian:3.0) 5.9.11-6.4; fetchmail-ssl (Debian:3.0) 5.9.11-6.3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

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.

LowCVSS 2.1 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 27, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 38th percentile

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Action score

8

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
fetchmailfetchmail

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • fetchmail fetchmail6.2.0
  • fetchmail fetchmail6.2.5
  • fetchmail fetchmail6.2.5.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12fetchmailbefore 6.2.5.4-16.2.5.4-1
Debian:3.0fetchmailbefore 5.9.11-6.45.9.11-6.4
Debian:3.0fetchmail-sslbefore 5.9.11-6.35.9.11-6.3
Debian:3.1fetchmailbefore 6.2.5-12sarge36.2.5-12sarge3

Same product

fetchmail: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2001-1009Fetchmail (aka fetchmail-ssl) before 5.8.17 allows a remote malicious (1) IMAP server or (2) POP/POP3 server to overwrite arbitrary memory a
    42Plan
  • CVE-2001-0101Vulnerability in fetchmail 5.5.0-2 and earlier in the AUTHENTICATE GSSAPI command.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2006-5867fetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and may transmit cleartext passwords over unsecured links if certain circumstances
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2006-5974fetchmail 6.3.5 and 6.3.6 before 6.3.6-rc4, when refusing a message delivered via the mda option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2005-4348fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (applica
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2001-0819A buffer overflow in Linux fetchmail before 5.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large 'To:' field in an email head
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:fetchmail6.2.5.4-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:fetchmail-ssl5.9.11-6.3 · Debian:3.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

json
{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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