CVE-2020-28021

moderate-risk
Published 2021-05-06

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters. An authenticated remote SMTP client can insert newline characters into a spool file (which indirectly leads to remote code execution as root) via AUTH= in a MAIL FROM command.

Do I need to act?

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6.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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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
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal