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CVE-2010-4345

Critical 🇺🇸 CISA KEV ⚡ Exploit Available
Exim Privilege Escalation via Alternate Configuration File Exploitation
Published: Mar 25, 2022  ·  Source: CISA_KEV
CVSS v3
9.0
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Exim allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the exim user account to specify an alternate configuration file with a directive that contains arbitrary commands.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

Exim mail server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing local users to gain elevated privileges by specifying alternate configuration files with arbitrary commands. This critical flaw affects Exim versions prior to 4.69 and can be exploited by any local user with access to the system.

📄 Description (Arabic)

تسمح ثغرة تصعيد الامتيازات في Exim للمستخدمين المحليين باستغلال حساب مستخدم exim لتحديد ملف إعدادات بديل يحتوي على توجيهات تنفذ أوامر تعسفية. يمكن للمهاجمين المحليين استخدام هذه الثغرة للحصول على امتيازات النظام الكاملة. تؤثر هذه الثغرة على جميع أنظمة البريد التي تعتمد على Exim بدون تطبيق التصحيحات الأمنية.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

خادم بريد Exim يحتوي على ثغرة تصعيد امتيازات تسمح للمستخدمين المحليين بالحصول على امتيازات مرتفعة من خلال تحديد ملفات إعدادات بديلة تحتوي على أوامر تعسفية. تؤثر هذه الثغرة الحرجة على إصدارات Exim السابقة للإصدار 4.69.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 30, 2026 16:55
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
telecom government banking healthcare
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Upgrade Exim to version 4.69 or later immediately. Restrict local user access to the system, implement proper file permissions on Exim configuration files, and disable the ability for the exim user to specify alternate configuration files through proper access controls and SELinux policies.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بترقية Exim إلى الإصدار 4.69 أو أحدث فوراً. قيد وصول المستخدمين المحليين إلى النظام، وطبق أذونات ملفات مناسبة على ملفات إعدادات Exim، وعطل القدرة على تحديد ملفات إعدادات بديلة من خلال عناصر التحكم في الوصول المناسبة وسياسات SELinux.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.9.2.1 A.9.2.5 A.9.4.3
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-2 PR.AC-1 PR.AC-4
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
27001:A.9.2.1 27001:A.9.2.5 27001:A.9.4.3
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
Exim:Exim
📊 CVSS Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Critical
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Critical
CVSS Score9.0
EPSS4.02%
Exploit ✓ Yes
Patch ✓ Yes
CISA KEV🇺🇸 Yes
KEV Due Date2022-04-15
Published 2022-03-25
Source Feed cisa_kev
Views 5
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
kev actively-exploited
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