CVE-2010-4345VulnerabilityPublished 03/25/2022Updated 10/24/2026
CVE-2010-4345: Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Affects Exim EximSource CISA KEV
Severity
HighNo CVSS score published yet
- Exploitation
Actively exploited – in CISA KEV since 03/25/2022
- KEV deadline
- 04/15/2022
- EPSS
- 18.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 97% of CVEs
What to do
CISA required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
CVE-2010-4345 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Exim that allows local users to gain elevated privileges by exploiting the ability of the exim user account to specify an alternate configuration file containing directives with arbitrary commands. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild. No specific affected versions or patch information is provided in the available data.