CVE-2019-15846
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 35.7% (pctl 98)
Patch early
EPSS 35.7% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 35.74% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-09-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| exim | exim |
References
- http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00024.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/08/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/09/1
- https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FT3GY7V7SR2RHKNZNQCGXFWUSILVSZNU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDF37AUNETIOXY6ZLQAUBGBVUTMMV242/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBNHDAF74RI6VK2JVSEIE3VYNL7JJDYM/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/13
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-2/
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