Vulnerability CVE-2020-28014

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-28014 (CCN-201185)

Assigned:

2020-10-30

Published:

2021-05-04

Updated:

2022-07-12

Summary:

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. The -oP option is available to the exim user, and allows a denial of service because root-owned files can be overwritten.

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.1 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)
5.4 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): High

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

5.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Complete

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-269

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-28014

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
exim-cve202028014-priv-esc(201185)

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Tue, 4 May 2021 13:50:13 +0000
21Nails: Multiple vulnerabilities in Exim

Source: CCN
Type: Exim Web site
Exim

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28014-PIDFP.txt

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 4.00 and < 4.94.2)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112207	P	exim-4.94.2-4.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100366	P	(Moderate)	2021-12-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105738	P	exim-4.94.2-4.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93653	P	Security update for exim (Critical)	2021-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109831	P	Security update for exim (Critical)	2021-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96484	P	Security update for exim (Critical)	2021-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11216	P	Security update for exim (Critical)	2021-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11217	P	Security update for exim (Critical)	2021-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103174	P	Security update for exim (Critical)	2021-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107032	P	Security update for exim (Critical)	2021-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111368	P	Security update for exim (Critical)	2021-05-07

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