CVE-2006-1251

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.65%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19225 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25286 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17110 patch vdb entry
http://marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/files/sa-exim-cvs/Changelog.html patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345071
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0941 vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1251?
CVE-2006-1251 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1251?
To fix CVE-2006-1251, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1251 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-1251 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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