fkie_cve-2021-27216
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2021-05-06 13:15
Modified
2024-11-21 05:57
Summary
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. By leveraging a delete_pid_file race condition, a local user can delete arbitrary files as root. This involves the -oP and -oPX options.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
exim exim *



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  "id": "CVE-2021-27216",
  "lastModified": "2024-11-21T05:57:36.940",
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