Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2010-4345)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-03-25 · CVE-2010-4345
Exim 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. CISA added CVE-2010-4345 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 25, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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