{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-28008 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2020-28008 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exim Exim, published on 6 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-28008 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-28008 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exim Exim, published on 6 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-28008 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Exim Exim. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28008/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28008/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-28008","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28008/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-28008","record":{"aliases":["CLEANSTART-2025-CO93148","DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28008","GHSA-24mx-4mj6-v64q","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28008"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Exim mail server","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by writing a crafted recipient address to the Exim spool directory.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"exim","vendor":"exim"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Execution with Unnecessary Privileges. Because Exim operates as root in the spool directory (owned by a non-root user), an attacker can write to a /var/spool/exim4/input spool header file, in which a crafted recipient address can indirectly lead to command execution.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28008","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"exim:exim","products":["exim:exim"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28009"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28007"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2021-05-06","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in Exim","id":"CVE-2026-45185","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Exim AUTH Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-42115","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-03"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28017","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28018","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28020","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28022","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28024","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by writing a crafted recipient address to the Exim spool directory.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28008/"}