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Vulnerability record

CVE-2010-4345

Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HighExploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Exim, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

Description

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

ProductVendorAffected versionsSource
EximExim<= 4.72KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2010-4345 scored CVSS 7.8: Exim Exim, Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Exim systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

    Patch released for CVE-2010-4345: Exim Exim, Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    An official fix is now available for Exim Exim. This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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