Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-2939
CVE-2009-2939
Description
The postfix.postinst script in the Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu postfix 2.5.5 package grants the postfix user write access to /var/spool/postfix/pid, which might allow local users to conduct symlink attacks that overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected products
1Patches
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