CVE-2020-28014
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.009 · 61 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.94% (61st) EPSS
CVSS 5.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 4.2
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weaknesses
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affected products (21)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20210503.163324.f7021753.en.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28014cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162475/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202105-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Exim-multiple-vulnerabilities-35237cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1512cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1562cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021050420cnnvd
- https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28014-PIDFP.txtcnnvd
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