CVE-2021-27216
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2021-27216 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2021-05-06 13:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-06-28 14:11:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-362
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28007-LFDIR.txt | MISC | www.exim.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 179723 Debian Security Update for exim4 (CVE-2021-27216)
- 198350 Ubuntu Security Notification for Exim4 Vulnerabilities (USN-4934-1) (21Nails)
- 354032 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for exim : ALAS-2022-1622
- 50110 Exim Mail Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (21Nails)(Generic)
- 501544 Alpine Linux Security Update for exim
- 504726 Alpine Linux Security Update for exim
- 710114 Gentoo Linux Exim Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-01)