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CVE-2001-0889
Exim 3.22 and earlier, in some configurations, does not properly verify the local part of an address when redirecting the address to a…
High7.5EPSS 6.4%
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- mitre
Description
Exim 3.22 and earlier, in some configurations, does not properly verify the local part of an address when redirecting the address to a pipe, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 3728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- exim-pipe-hostname-commands(7738) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20011219 [[email protected]: [Exim] Potential security problem] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#283723 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- RHSA-2001:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .