CVE-2010-4345
Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4345
Description
Exim 4.72 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the exim user account to specify an alternate configuration file with a directive that contains arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by the spool_directory directive.
Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | n/a |
References
28 Links- [exim-dev] 20101209 Re: [Exim-maintainers] Remote root vulnerability in Exim
- [exim-dev] 20101207 Remote root vulnerability in Exim
- [exim-dev] 20101210 Re: Remote root vulnerability in Exim
- 20101213 Exim security issue in historical release
- [oss-security] 20101210 Exim remote root
- [oss-security] 20210504 21Nails: Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim
Record Details
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