CVE-2014-2972 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 4.6
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-2972 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-2972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exim Exim, published on 4 Sep 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Exim Exim. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2972/index.md)
Local attackers can exploit a double expansion flaw in Exim to execute arbitrary commands and escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-2972?
CVE-2014-2972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exim Exim, published on 4 Sep 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2972?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Exim Exim.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2972?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-2972 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Exim Exim
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2972, GHSA-9qqj-vrhc-8q74, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2972.