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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…
High7.2EPSS 2.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% 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 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- exim-daemonc-format-string(10761) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6314 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20021204 Local root vulnerability found in exim 4.x (and 3.x) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200212-5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exim-users/message/42358 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Exim] 20021204 Minor security problem in both Exim 3 and 4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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 .