CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-27216

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.

6.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 9.2

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

6.3 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28007-LFDIR.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-05-06 01:15

Updated : 2022-06-28 02:11

NVD link : CVE-2021-27216

Mitre link : CVE-2021-27216

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-362