Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the log directory (owned by a non-root user), a symlink or hard link attack allows overwriting critical root-owned files anywhere on the filesystem.
References
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https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28007-LFDIR.txt | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2021-05-06T02:58:36
Updated: 2021-05-06T02:58:36
Reserved: 2020-10-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-28007
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-05-06T13:15:09.263
Modified: 2021-05-10T20:17:10.193
Link: CVE-2020-28007
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE