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CVE-2023-42118

May 3, 2024, 12:49 p.m.

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CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

Products

Exim

Source

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com

Tags

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com
2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42118
CWE-191

CVE-2023-42118 details

Published : May 3, 2024, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified : May 3, 2024, 12:49 p.m.

Description

Exim libspf2 Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Exim libspf2. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of SPF macros. When parsing SPF macros, the process does not properly validate user-supplied data, which can result in an integer underflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-17578.

CVSS Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7.5 8 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

7.5

Exploitability Score

Impact Score

Base Severity

HIGH

Vector String : CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

URL Source
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1472/ zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com
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