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CVE-2010-2023

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2010-06-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

transports/appendfile.c in Exim before 4.72, when a world-writable sticky-bit mail directory is used, does not verify the st_nlink field of mailbox files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by creating a hard link to another user's file.

Affected Platforms

Exim Exim

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References