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medium 6.0

CVE-2007-4211 json

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.0.3 allows remote authenticated users with the insert right to save certain flags via a (1) COPY or (2)…

published 2007-08-08 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4194

cvss
6.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.0.3 allows remote authenticated users with the insert right to save certain flags via a (1) COPY or (2) APPEND command.

Patch / fix

  • dovecot Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.0.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4211

  • dovecot RHEL 5 1.0.7-2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0297

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-4211 updated

Dovecot possible privilege ascalation in ACL plugin

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) dovecot 1.0.7-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) dovecot 1.0.7-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0297

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.