CVE-2010-2024
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/.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 20% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-362
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- exim:exim
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0079.html
- http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989
- 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