- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.3
- Impact score
- 5.2
- Exploitability score
- 1
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.3
- Impact score
- 9.2
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-362
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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