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CVE-2010-4345

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CVE-2010-4345

Exim 4.72 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the exim user account to specify an alternate configuration file with a directive that contains arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by the spool_directory directive.

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 25.0KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 25.0

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Buzz score components · mention 0.0 · diversity 0.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

0.0

0 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

0.0

0 sources across 0 categories

KEV score

25.0

Known exploited vulnerability present

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

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Exploit code

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Dec 14, 2010

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.1 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Local. The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): Low. The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require another user to act.
Scope (S): Unchanged. Impacts remain within the vulnerable security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

1 stored signals · KEV present · 0 OTX pulses

KEVKEV
- cwes: CWE-264
- dueDate: 2022-04-15
- knownRansomwareCampaignUse: Unknown
- notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4345
- product: Exim
- requiredAction: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- shortDescription: Exim allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the exim user account to specify an alternate configuration file with a directive that contains arbitrary commands.
- vendorProject: Exim
- vulnerabilityName: Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Observed Mar 25, 2022, 12:00 AM