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CVE-2010-4345 Detail

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42576 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42930 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Press/Media Coverage  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-4345 CISA-ADP US Government Resource 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 03/25/2022 04/15/2022 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4345
NVD Published Date:
12/14/2010
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.