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CVE-2006-1251

MEDIUMEPSS 71th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in greylistclean.cron in sa-exim 4.2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via an email with a To field that contains a filename separated by whitespace, which is not quoted when greylistclean.cron provides the argument to the rm command.

How to fix

Remediation Available
sa-eximDebian
Fixed in:4.2.1-1CVE-2006-1251
Fixed in:4.2.1-1CVE-2006-1251
Fixed in:4.2.1-1CVE-2006-1251
Fixed in:4.2.1-1CVE-2006-1251

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.49%probability of exploitation in 30 days
71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

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