CVE-2006-1251

N/A Unknown
Published: March 19, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
View on 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.

AI Explanation

Get an AI-powered plain-language explanation of this vulnerability and remediation steps.

Login to generate AI explanation

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19225
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17110
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0941
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345071
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/files/sa-exim-cvs/Changelog.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19225
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17110
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0941
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25286
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
72th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

sa-exim