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CVE-2006-1251

Argument injection vulnerability in greylistclean.cron in sa-exim 4.2 allows remote attackers to...

5.0 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

1.53%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2006-1251
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2006-1251
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-1255 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2006-1255
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m67m-57fm-4w9h No score

Argument injection vulnerability in greylistclean.cron in sa-exim 4.2 allows remote attackers to...

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.

Record
GHSA-m67m-57fm-4w9h
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2006-1251
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2006-1251 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1251
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
sa-exim
Debian:12
before 4.2.1-1
4.2.1-1
sa-exim
Debian:13
before 4.2.1-1
4.2.1-1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-1251 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Sa-exim, published March 19, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in sa-exim 4.2.1-1.

References

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