CVE-2006-1251
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.
Exploit likelihood
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 Medium
AV: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
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE 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
secunia.com/advisories/19225
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25286
securityfocus.com/bid/17110
marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/files/sa-exim-cvs/Changelog.html
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345071
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0941
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1251
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m67m-57fm-4w9h
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1251