PT-2020-6039
CVE-2020-28015
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Published
2020-10-20
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Updated
2026-10-01
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Exim versions prior to 4.94.2
Description
The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the Exim message relay agent, which can be exploited to bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary commands. Local users can alter the behavior of root processes because a recipient address can have a newline character.
Recommendations
For Exim versions prior to 4.94.2, update to version 4.94.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the ability of local users to alter recipient addresses that may contain newline characters.
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