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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7

http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489

http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html

http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html

http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html

http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3