CVE-2002-1381

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

2.30% (83rd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Format string vulnerability in daemon.c for Exim 4.x through 4.10, and 3.x through 3.36, allows exim administrative users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the pid_file_path value.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-22066Exim Internet Mailer 3.35/3.36/4.10 - Format Stringfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
university of cambridge exim= 3.35nvdUScpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university of cambridge exim= 3.36nvdUScpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university of cambridge exim= 4.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2002-12-23modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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