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CVE-2010-4345
Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2022-03-25. Federal due date: 2022-04-15.
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Public exploit code
Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.
- Exim4 < 4.69 - string_format Function Heap Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)2010-12-16 · remote · linux · Verified
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Exim | Exim | through 4.72 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Versions 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 5.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 6.06, 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43128
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43243
- http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154
- http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html
- 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://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135