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Solution
Upgrade to hMailServer 6.3.6, whose installer makes the data, log, temp, database and event folders and hMailServer.INI private to SYSTEM, the Administrators and the service at every installation and upgrade; then change the database password and the administrator password if accounts that are not administrators could sign in to the server. Until then, from an elevated prompt, remove the inherited entries for Users and the application package groups from those folders and the file with icacls (/inheritance:d, then /remove:g).
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Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Incorrect default permissions in the Windows installer of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.0.0 through 6.3.5 allow a local authenticated user to read the mail server's data. The installer created the data, log, temp, database and event folders and the hMailServer.INI configuration file with the permissions inherited from the installation folder, by default under Program Files, which give the local Users group read access. Any user who can sign in to the computer could read every stored message, the logs, the built-in database with the accounts' password hashes whenever the service is stopped, and the configuration file, including the database password, which is sealed only with the machine's DPAPI key and can be unsealed by any local account; with an external database that password gives full control of it. The Linux AppImage of 6.3.0 through 6.3.5 likewise created its per-user data folders readable by other local users. | |
| Title | Incorrect Default Permissions in hMailServer | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-276 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-08T11:46:31.080Z
Reserved: 2026-10-08T10:51:30.642Z
Link: CVE-2026-107573
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-08T12:17:15.027
Modified: 2026-10-08T12:17:15.027
Link: CVE-2026-107573
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