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CVE-2010-2024

transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of ar

transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files or create arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges, via a symlink attack on a lockfile in /tmp/.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 EPSS 0.00174

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Affected Products & Versions

2

exim<= 4.71

eximall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.4

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD07 Jun 2010 · 05:12 PM

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Vendor Advisories

2

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10017-1

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References & Sources

18

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0079.html

http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989Patch

http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20100524.175925.9a69f755.en.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html

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http://secunia.com/advisories/40019Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/40123

http://secunia.com/advisories/43243

http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2

http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.25&r2=1.26Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40454

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1402

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600097

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59042

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