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    CVE-2020-28021

    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.

    Published:May 6, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:May 6, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.03677
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Exim
    Product
    Exim

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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