CVE-2010-4345
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 18.0%
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.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 17.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2022-03-25
- Published
- 2010-12-14
- Updated
- 2025-10-22
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Metasploit modules (1)
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42576
- http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489
- 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://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html