CVE-2014-2972 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Exim versions prior to 4.83, specifically within the expand.c component. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by exploiting how mathematical comparisons are expanded twice. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it indicates a low attack complexity and local access requirement, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.82.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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