# CVE-2010-4345

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2010-4345
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25; CISA due date 2022-04-15
- EPSS: 17.96% (percentile 97.2)
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module (first 2010-12-16)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-07)
- Weakness: CWE-77
- Published: 2010-12-14

## Affected

- exim:exim
- opensuse:opensuse
- debian:debian_linux
- canonical:ubuntu_linux

## References

- [advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/43128
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html
- [other] http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html
- [advisory] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758489
- [other] http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20101207.215955.bb32d4f2.en.html
- [other] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662012
- [other] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364
- [other] http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/unix/smtp/exim4_string_format
- [advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0153.html
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45341
- [advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/42930
- [advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/42576
- [advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/43243
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024859
- [other] http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html
- [advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2154
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515172/100/0/threaded
- [other] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/11/exim_code_execution_peril/
- [other] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0245
- [other] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0135
- [advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1
- [other] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3204
- [other] http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044
- [advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131
- [other] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3171
- [other] http://www.cpanel.net/2010/12/critical-exim-security-update.html
- [other] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1
- [other] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-4345

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