CVE-2010-2024 (GCVE-0-2010-2024)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-06-07 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 02:17
VLAI
Summary
transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when MBX locking is enabled, allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files or create arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges, via a symlink attack on a lockfile in /tmp/.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Date Public
2010-05-24 00:00
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