CVE-2021-27216

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

published May 6, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
61.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. By leveraging a delete_pid_file race condition, a local user can delete arbitrary files as root. This involves the -oP and -oPX options.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00976 · 61.8th percentile
Published
2021-05-06T04:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 04:44Z
    Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
    cvelistv5