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Actively exploited · Published Dec 14, 2010 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2010-4345

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity command injection in Exim from Exim. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 18.0% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)18.0%top 2.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 25, 2022
Attack tooling1Metasploit

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022.

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12exim44.72-3DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4345
Debian:13exim44.72-3DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4345
Debian:14exim44.72-3DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4345

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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