CVE-2001-0889
Exim 3.22 and earlier, in some configurations, does not properly verify the local part of an address when redirecting the address to a pipe, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2001-0872)
- Published
- December 19, 2001
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2001-0872 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / linux
- university of cambridge / exim
Certified products that may be affected
26 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 EUS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11379-2024 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4498 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3939 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3891 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3892 - historical
See all 26 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100877978506387&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-097
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/283723(US Government Resource)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-176.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3728
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7738
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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