VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4345

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability17.96%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2010-12-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Exim / Exim

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Primary references