RedhatCVE-2010-4345CVE-2010-4345
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
84.8%
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.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| exim | exim | * | cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.1 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.2 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.3 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
References
bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044
lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html
lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1
secunia.com/advisories/42576
secunia.com/advisories/42930
secunia.com/advisories/43128
secunia.com/advisories/43243
www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154
www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489
www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341
www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859
www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012
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CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
84.8%