VDB
CVE-2010-2023
CVE-2010-2023
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.400000095367432 MEDIUM
transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when a world-writable sticky-bit mail directory is used, does not verify the st_nlink field of mailbox files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by creating a hard link to another user's file.
EPSS 0.23% · 45.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.400000095367432
EPSS Score
0.23%
45.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| exim | exim | 0, 4.10, 4.21 |
Exploit Intelligence
- 20100603 Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim (circl)
- 40451 (circl)
- ADV-2010-1402 (circl)
- ADV-2011-0364 (circl)
- 43243 (circl)
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988 (circl)
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 (circl)
- 40019 (circl)
- [exim-dev] 20100524 Security issues in exim4 local delivery (circl)
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2 (circl)
…and 8 more exploits
Timeline
- Jun 7, 2010 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 20100603 Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim mailing-list
- 40451 vdb
- ADV-2010-1402 vdb
- ADV-2011-0364 vdb
- 43243 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988 url
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 url
- 40019 third-party-advisory
- [exim-dev] 20100524 Security issues in exim4 local delivery mailing-list
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2 url
- 40123 third-party-advisory
- 20100603 Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600093 url
- FEDORA-2010-9524 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2010:014 vendor-advisory
- USN-1060-1 vendor-advisory
- exim-mail-directory-priv-escalation(59043) vdb
- FEDORA-2010-9506 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2023 advisory