CVE-2019-15846

high-risk
Published 2019-09-06

Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.

Do I need to act?

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64.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 36% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Debian Exim

References (46)

Mitigation http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00024.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/08/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/09/1
https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00004.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/13
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-2/
and 26 more references
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 10/34 · Low