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CVE-2010-4345 KEV EXPLOIT

7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 18% (pctl 97)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-04-15.

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.

Scoring

CVSS7.8 (HIGH, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS17.97% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-77
On CISA KEVyes — remediate by 2022-04-15
Public exploityes
Published2010-12-14
Last modified2026-06-16

CISA KEV

NameExim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Added2022-03-25
Due2022-04-15
Vendor / productExim / Exim
Ransomware usenone reported

Affected (4)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux
eximexim
opensuseopensuse

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbExim4 < 4.69 - string_format Function Heap Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)2010-12-16

References

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