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CVE-2019-10149 (GCVE-0-2019-10149)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45
VLAI CISA Previdian
Summary
A flaw was found in Exim versions 4.87 to 4.91 (inclusive). Improper validation of recipient address in deliver_message() function in /src/deliver.c may lead to remote command execution.
Severity
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 13:31 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
exim exim Affected: 4.92
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CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 7a7b1531-f733-420d-9f22-27534a3d69bb

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2019-10149

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2022-01-10 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-01-10
Asserted: 2022-01-10
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) Improper Input Validation | Affected: Exim / Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) | Description: Improper validation of recipient address in deliver_message() function in /src/deliver.c may lead to remote command execution. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-07-10 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10149
Evidence

Type: Vendor Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 80%

Source: cisa-kev

Details
Cwes CWE-78
Feed CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Product Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
Due Date 2022-07-10
Date Added 2022-01-10
Vendorproject Exim
Vulnerabilityname Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) Improper Input Validation
Knownransomwarecampaignuse Unknown
References
Created: 2026-02-02 13:25 UTC | Updated: 2026-02-06 07:53 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: ff5b3890-0137-4373-8b73-5ecf9c966f12

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2019-10149

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2022-01-10 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-01-10
Asserted: 2022-01-10
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: A flaw was found in Exim versions 4.87 to 4.91 (inclusive). Improper validation of recipient address in deliver_message() function in... | Affected: exim / exim | CVSS: 9.0 (CRITICAL) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: kevintel

Details
Feed KEVIntel (kevintel.com)
Title A flaw was found in Exim versions 4.87 to 4.91 (inclusive). Improper validation of recipient address in deliver_message() function in...
Vendor exim
Product exim
Added Date 2022-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 9.0
Epss Score None
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Epss Percentile None
Used In Malware unknown
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev False
References
Created: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC | Updated: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.