CVE-2010-4345

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

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

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2.0

6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

18.11% 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)

• http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format.rb

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16925

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2010-4344
• CVE-2010-4347
• CVE-2010-4335
• CVE-2010-4348
• CVE-2010-4333
• CVE-2010-4349