Vulnerability in Exim

CVE-2010-2023

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.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Exim — versions 4.31, 4.52, 4.32
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References