CVE-2002-1381 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in daemon.c for Exim 4.x through 4.10, and 3.x through 3.36, allows exim administrative users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the pid_file_path value.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 3.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:3.35:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:3.36:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:4.10:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1365	Format string vulnerability in daemon.c for Exim 4.x through 4.10, and 3.x through 3.36, allows exim administrative users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the pid_file_path value.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03052.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exim-users/message/42358
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103903403527788&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104006219018664&w=2
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20021202/046978.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6314
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10761

History

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Subscriptions

University Of Cambridge Exim

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.605Z

Reserved: 2002-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1381

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-23T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1381

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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