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TI-2006-01210 Aliases CVE-2006-1251GHSA-m67m-57fm-4w9h

Argument injection vulnerability in greylistclean.cron in sa-exim 4.2 allows remote…

Priority LOW 26CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01528 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableSa-exim
cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1VulnerableSa-exim
cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2VulnerableSa-exim
  • cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Sa-exim
  • cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Sa-exim
  • cpe:2.3:a:sa-exim:sa-exim:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·Sa-exim

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-1251
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m67m-57fm-4w9h

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

Sources

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