CVE-2021-27216 | BDVDB-2026-153252 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28007-LFDIR.txt

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12021-05-06Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-03Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.