CVE-2011-1407

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The DKIM implementation in Exim 4.7x before 4.76 permits matching for DKIM identities to apply to lookup items, instead of only strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or access a filesystem via a crafted identity.

Affected products

Exim: 4.70, 4.71, 4.72, 4.73, 4.74, 4.75

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2236
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47836
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1135-1
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110509.091632.daed0206.en.html
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110512.102909.8136175a.en.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2236
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47836
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1135-1
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110509.091632.daed0206.en.html
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110512.102909.8136175a.en.html

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