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CVE-2014-2972

Description

expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.213

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Exim is a mail transport agent (USN-2933-1) exim4-daemon-heavy_4.86-3ubuntu1.1_i386.debLinux
Exim is a mail transport agent (USN-2933-1) exim4-daemon-heavy_4.86-3ubuntu1.1_amd64.debLinux
Exim is a mail transport agent (USN-2933-1) exim4-daemon-light_4.86-3ubuntu1.1_i386.debLinux
Exim is a mail transport agent (USN-2933-1) exim4-daemon-light_4.86-3ubuntu1.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234