CVE-2020-28008

Name
CVE-2020-28008
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the spool directory (owned by a non-root user), an attacker can write to a /var/spool/exim4/input spool header file, in which a crafted recipient address can indirectly lead to command execution.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28008-SPDIR.txt

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* exim >= 4.00: < 4.94.2:
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* exim >= 4.00 < 4.94.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
exim 3.13-community 4.94.2-r0 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> fixed
exim 3.14-community 4.94.2-r0 Jesse Young <jlyo@jlyo.org> fixed