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Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Published May 6, 2021

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the log directory (owned by a non-root user), a symlink or hard link attack allows overwriting critical root-owned files anywhere on the filesystem.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

References (2)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 6, 2021
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Oct 30, 2020
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published May 6, 2021
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2020-20498