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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-27216

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges.

MEDIUM 6.3EPSS 0.98%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.98% probability · 60th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
exim/exim
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.