Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-1251

Argument injection vulnerability in greylistclean.cron in sa-exim 4.2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via an email with a To field that contains a filename separated by whitespace, which is not quoted when greylistclean.cron provides the argument to the rm command.
Published 2006-03-19 01:02:00
Updated 2017-07-20 01:30:26
Source MITRE
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1251

EPSS FAQ
1.94%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 89 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-1251

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
10.0
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2006-1251

  • The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-1251

  • Red Hat 2006-08-30
    Not vulnerable. greylistclean.cron is not supplied in the exim packages as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

References for CVE-2006-1251

Products affected by CVE-2006-1251

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