CVE-2020-28007

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.

Affected products

Alt Linux, Astra Linux, Exim, Linuxmint, Suse, Ubuntu

Exim

< 4.94.2

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

0.5% (42th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-59

NVD status

Modified

Published

2021-05-06