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CVE-2010-2024 Detail

Description

transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files or create arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges, via a symlink attack on a lockfile in /tmp/.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  06/07/2010

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.4 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0079.html
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989 Patch
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20100524.175925.9a69f755.en.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2
http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.25&r2=1.26 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40454
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1402
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600097
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59042

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2024
NVD Published Date:
06/07/2010
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2018