Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-27216
CVE-2021-27216
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.
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Affected products
2- Exim/Eximdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28007-LFDIR.txtmitrex_refsource_MISC
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