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CVE-2006-1251

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Published: Mar 19, 2006Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in greylistclean.cron in sa-exim 4.2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via an email with a To field that contains a filename separated by whitespace, which is not quoted when greylistclean.cron provides the argument to the rm command.

Affected (3)

Products: Sa Exim: Sa Exim
Sa Exim
1 product
Sa Exim
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Sa Exim
Sa Exim
Version 4.0
Sa Exim
Version 4.1
Sa Exim
Version 4.2

Related CWEs

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References (12)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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