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CVE-2006-1251

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1251 describes an argument injection vulnerability in the greylistclean.cron script within sa-exim 4.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by crafting an email with a specially formatted "To" field, which is then unquoted when passed to the 'rm' command. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial impact on integrity (file deletion). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1251

sa-exim 4.2 vulnerability

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
marc.merlins.org / linux/exim/files/sa-exim-cvs/Changelog.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/19225
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25286
securityfocus.com / bid/17110
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0941
Vendor Advisory