CVE-2010-4345 (GCVE-0-2010-4345)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-12-14 15:00
Modified
2025-07-30 01:47
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.htmlMailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.htmlMailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42576Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42930Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43128Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43243Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.htmlBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_formatThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.htmlBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.htmlMailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42576Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42930Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/43128Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/43243Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_formatThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012Issue Tracking, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-03-25

Due date: 2022-04-15

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4345

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