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HistoryMay 06, 2021 - 3:07 a.m.

CVE-2020-28008

2021-05-0603:07:13
mitre
www.cve.org
8
exim 4.94.2
privilege escalation
vulnerability
command execution
spool directory

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

12.6%

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the spool directory (owned by a non-root user), an attacker can write to a /var/spool/exim4/input spool header file, in which a crafted recipient address can indirectly lead to command execution.