Name: Vulnix
Price: 99 USD

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-77

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044Issue Tracking, Patch
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.htmlMailing List, Patch
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/42576Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42930Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243Broken Link
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.htmlBroken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_formatThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7Mailing List
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012Issue Tracking, Patch
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044Issue Tracking, Patch
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.htmlMailing List, Patch
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/42576Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42930Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243Broken Link
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.htmlBroken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_formatThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7Mailing List
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012Issue Tracking, Patch
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-4345US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Dec 14, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Mar 25, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed