transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files or create arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges, via a symlink attack on a lockfile in /tmp/.
CVE-2010-2024 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from exim organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2010-06-07T17:12:48.280
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.4
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | exim | exim | ≤ 4.71 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.10 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.20 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.21 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.22 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.23 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.24 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.30 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.31 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.32 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.33 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.34 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.40 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.41 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.42 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.43 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.44 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.50 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.51 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.52 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.53 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.54 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.60 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.61 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.62 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.63 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.64 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.65 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.66 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.67 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.68 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.69 | Yes |
| Application | exim | exim | 4.70 | Yes |
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