VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-27216

CVSS score6.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.98%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. By leveraging a delete_pid_file race condition, a local user can delete arbitrary files as root. This involves the -oP and -oPX options.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Primary references