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Medium
CVE-2010-2024
transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled,...
Vulnerability Description
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/.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0079.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600097
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1402
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40454
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43243
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59042
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.25&r2=1.26
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40019
- http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20100524.175925.9a69f755.en.html
- http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40123
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.10, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 4.24, 4.30, 4.31, 4.32, 4.33, 4.34, 4.40, 4.41, 4.42, 4.43, 4.44, 4.50, 4.51, 4.52, 4.53, 4.54, 4.60, 4.61, 4.62, 4.63, 4.64, 4.65, 4.66, 4.67, 4.68, 4.69, 4.70
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 7th, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.