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CVE-2010-4345: Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Exim Exim · in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25
2022-03-25added to KEV
2022-04-15federal remediation due date
17.96%EPSS exploit probability (30 days) 97.1th percentile
7.8 HIGHCVSS 3.1
Unknownknown ransomware use
4,119days from NVD publication to KEV
What it is
Exim 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.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
| CWE | CWE-264 |
|---|---|
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD published | 2010-12-14 (Analyzed) |
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