Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-1631

Title: Gnome Evolution Information Disclosure

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-1631.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date May 14, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.44%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-1631: The 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.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

evolution 1

ximian 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526409 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581604 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/12/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498648 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526409 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581604 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/12/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498648

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-1631 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 14, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.