CVE-2010-2023
Exim Appendfile DoS/RCE Vulnerability
Description
transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when a world-writable sticky-bit mail directory is used, does not verify the st_nlink field of mailbox files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by creating a hard link to another user's file.
INFO
Published Date :
June 7, 2010, 5:12 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE-2010-2023 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0079.html Added Reference http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988 Added Reference http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20100524.175925.9a69f755.en.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/40019 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/40123 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/43243 Added Reference http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=exim-4_72_RC2 Added Reference http://vcs.exim.org/viewvc/exim/exim-src/src/transports/appendfile.c?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40451 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1060-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1402 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0364 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600093 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59043 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511653/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/59043 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59043 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 07, 2010
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-2023 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-2023
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.01%
score
0.22744
percentile