CVE-2017-5930

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Published 2017-03-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

2.7

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.7

Description

The AliasHandler component in PostfixAdmin before 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated domain admins to delete protected aliases via the delete parameter to delete.php, involving a missing permission check.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

39%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/http/pfadmin_set_protected_alias rank 300

Postfixadmin Protected Alias Deletion Vulnerability

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
42.2	Affected	—
42.1	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.0.2-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.0.2-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.0.2-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.0.2-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
postfixadmin_project	postfixadmin	`{"endExcluding":"3.0.2"}`	`3.0.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-862

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.