CVE-2002-1381

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in daemon.c for Exim 4.x through 4.10, and 3.x through 3.36, allows exim administrative users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the pid_file_path value.

Affected products

University of Cambridge Exim: 3.35, 3.36, 4.10

References

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exim-users/message/42358
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103903403527788&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104006219018664&w=2
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20021202/046978.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6314
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10761
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exim-users/message/42358
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103903403527788&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104006219018664&w=2
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20021202/046978.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6314
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10761

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