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
Link Resource
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044 Patch
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html Patch
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/42576 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42930
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154
http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489 US Government Resource
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012 Patch
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-12-14T15:00:00

Updated: 2021-05-04T17:06:32

Reserved: 2010-11-30T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2010-4345

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-12-14T16:00:04.257

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:28:35.910


Link: CVE-2010-4345

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