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Exim: Link attack in Exim's log directory (CVE-2020-28007)

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Exim: Link attack in Exim's log directory (CVE-2020-28007)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/06/2021
Created
05/14/2021
Added
05/13/2021
Modified
05/13/2021

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the log directory (owned by a non-root user), a symlink or hard link attack allows overwriting critical root-owned files anywhere on the filesystem.

Solution(s)

  • exim-upgrade-4_94_2

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