CVE-2010-4345
exim4 - privilege escalation
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 6.5%
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.
How to fix CVE-2010-4345
To remediate CVE-2010-4345, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.72-3 or later
- —upgrade to 4.69-9+lenny3 or later
Is CVE-2010-4345 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2010-4345 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.72-3
- from 0, < 4.69-9+lenny3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |