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Exim privilege escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA7665
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Release Date:
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2002-12-06
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Popularity:
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4,819 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Exim 3.x
Exim 4.x
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Description:
Exim has been found vulnerable to two issues allowing local users to gain root.
By changing the pid_file_path it is possible to abuse a format string bug, this requires write access to the exim configuration file.
Solution:
Only root and the exim user should have write access to the config file.
A patch is available:
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20021202/046978.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Wana Thomas
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