CVE-2010-4345

exim: privilege escalation

Published Dec 14, 2010 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 18.0% KEV · Listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2131-1 New exim4 packages fix remote code execution
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2154-1 exim4 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2154-2 exim4 regression fix
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4314 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1060-1 Exim vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42576 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42930 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43128 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4345 cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-4345 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4345 cve-icon

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 22, 2025, 12:05 AM
Reserved
Nov 30, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Dec 14, 2010, 4:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:24 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 7, 2010, 12:00 AM