CVE-2002-1381
Format string vulnerability in daemon.c for Exim 4.x through 4.10, and 3.x through 3.36, allows exim administrative users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the pid_file_path value.
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in daemon.c for Exim 4.x through 4.10, and 3.x through 3.36, allows exim administrative users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the pid_file_path value.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-12-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 88ec3531bc5d63f8e78d638ab9eb451f8578c7854ebe7dc485f09f6f198af052
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comexim-daemonc-format-string(10761)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10761
- www.securityfocus.com6314http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6314
- marc.info20021204 Local root vulnerability found in exim 4.x (and 3.x)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103903403527788&w=2
- marc.infoGLSA-200212-5http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104006219018664&w=2
- groups.yahoo.comhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/exim-users/message/42358
- www.exim.org[Exim] 20021204 Minor security problem in both Exim 3 and 4http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20021202/046978.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- exim4 Fixed in 4.11-0.0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- exim4 Fixed in 4.11-0.0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- exim4 Fixed in 4.11-0.0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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