{"cve":"CVE-2010-4345","nvd":{"published":"2010-12-14T16:00:04.257","modified":"2026-06-16T23:24:36.353","status":"Analyzed","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"references":["http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1044","http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101209.172233.abcba158.en.html","http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20101210.164935.385e04d0.en.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00003.html","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/1"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","exim:exim","opensuse:opensuse"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-4345","score":0.17965,"percentile":0.97186,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2010-4345","date_added":"2022-03-25","due_date":"2022-04-15","vendor":"Exim","product":"Exim","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}