CVE-2020-28008

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

published May 6, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the spool directory (owned by a non-root user), an attacker can write to a /var/spool/exim4/input spool header file, in which a crafted recipient address can indirectly lead to command execution.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00407 · 33.9th percentile
Published
2021-05-06T03:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 03:07Z
    Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
    cvelistv5