Vulnerability CVE-2014-2972
Published: 2014-09-04

Description:
expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
EXIM -> EXIM 

 References:
http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/7685ce68148a083d7759e78d01aa5198fc099c44
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136251.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136264.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2933-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122552
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140722.145949.42c043f5.en.html
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140722.152452.d6c019e8.en.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-12
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