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CVE-2021-27216
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. By leveraging a delete_pid_file race condition, a local user can delete arbitrary files as root. This involves the -oP and -oPX options..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 6.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.4/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 9.2/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 6.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 1/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- High
- Privileges Required
- Low
- Impact Score
- 5.2/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- High
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 4.94.2 |