{
    "id": "CVE-2010-4345",
    "published": "2010-12-14 16:00:04",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:24:36",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-77",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.17965",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97089",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-04-15",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:17:53",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-04-15."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "exim",
            "product": "exim"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "opensuse"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2010-4345",
        "date_added": "2022-03-25",
        "due_date": "2022-04-15",
        "vendor": "Exim",
        "product": "Exim",
        "name": "Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16925",
            "title": "Exim4 < 4.69 - string_format Function Heap Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2010-12-16",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16925"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}