CVE-2010-4345
high · 7.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Added 2022-03-25Remediation due 2022-04-15
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.
7.8
CVSS
18.0%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
97th
EPSS percentile
2010-12-14
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-77
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| exim | exim | <= 4.72 |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.1 |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.2 |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.3 |
| debian | debian_linux | 5.0 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.10 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.10 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43128
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43243
- http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154
- http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2010-4345