CVE-2009-1631

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1631
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-14 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe Mailer component in Evolution 2.26.1 and earlier uses world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory, and certain directories and files under .evolution/ related to local mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Evolution 1.0.8 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.2 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.2.1 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.2.3 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.2.4 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.4 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.4.3 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.4.4 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.4.5 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.4.6 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.0.0 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.0.1 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.0.2 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.12 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.24 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.4 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.6 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#526409 - CVE-2009-1631: world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
oss-security - CVE Request (evolution) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug 498648 – CVE-2009-1631 evolution: insecure permissions on evolution mailbox folders af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Bug 581604 – Permissions on mail/local folders are too open af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-12-07Mark J CoxRed Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. By default, user home directories are created with mode 0700 permissions, which would not expose the ~/.evolution/ directory regardless of its own permissions. If a user intentionally relaxes permissions on their home directory, they should be auditing all files and directories in order to not expose unwanted files to other local users.

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