CVE-2001-0889

N/A
Published: June 25, 2002 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:55 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinuxExim

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

Exim 3.22 and earlier, in some configurations, does not properly verify the local part of an address when redirecting the address to a pipe, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-097
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/283723

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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