6.1

CVE-2020-28014: exim Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28014DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28014
Published 06-05-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-28014 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in exim. EPSS estimates a 0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.94%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 6
DLA-2650-1DSA-4912-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0677-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0753-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0754-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10746-1

Timeline

  1. 06-05-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. The -oP option is available to the exim user, and allows a denial of service because root-owned files can be overwritten.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

60%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.94% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • exim4< 4.94.2-1
Exim1 product
  • exim≥ 4.00, < 4.94.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • exim4< 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3 | < 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1 | < 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.8 | < 4.93-13ubuntu1.5

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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