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CVE-2010-4345

HIGHKEVPOCExim
score
<0.1
cvss
7.8
epss
18.0%
published
2010-12-14
kev added
2022-03-25
first seen

Exim 4.72 and earlier contains a privilege escalation caused by the exim user account's ability to specify an alternate configuration file with directives containing arbitrary commands, letting local users escalate privileges, exploit requires local user access.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2010-12-14 — PublishedP2022-03-25 — Added to CISA KEVK2026-10-21 (seen by) — Tracked by OnyxT2026-10-21 (seen by) — Public PoCXscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 18.0%2026-09-23: epss 18.0%2026-09-24: epss 18.0%2026-09-25: epss 18.0%2026-09-26: epss 18.0%2026-09-27: epss 18.0%2026-09-28: epss 18.0%2026-09-29: epss 18.0%2026-09-30: epss 18.0%2026-10-01: epss 18.0%2026-10-02: epss 18.0%2026-10-03: epss 18.0%2026-10-04: epss 18.0%2026-10-05: epss 18.0%2026-10-06: epss 18.0%2026-10-07: epss 18.0%2026-10-08: epss 18.0%2026-10-09: epss 18.0%2026-10-10: epss 18.0%2026-10-11: epss 18.0%2026-10-12: epss 18.0%2026-10-13: epss 18.0%2026-10-14: epss 18.0%2026-10-15: epss 18.0%2026-10-16: epss 18.0%2026-10-18: epss 18.0%2026-10-19: epss 18.0%2026-10-20: epss 18.0%2026-10-21: epss 18.0%18.0%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. Tracked by Onyx
  4. Public PoC

Exploit availability

Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.

Weaknesses

CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-77

References 17