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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.

Published

2010-12-14T16:00:04.257

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Type: Secondary
CWE-77

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	exim	exim	≤ 4.72	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.3	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.06	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	9.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.10	Yes

References

http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1 Mailing List ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42576 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42930 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7 Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/ Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1 Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42576 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42930 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7 Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/ Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)