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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-13981 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4934-1 Exim vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4934-2 Exim vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:40:47.403Z

Reserved: 2021-02-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-27216

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-06T13:15:12.447

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:57:36.940

Link: CVE-2021-27216

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