CVE detail
CVE-2024-39929
Exim through 4.97.1 misparses a multiline RFC 2231 header filename, and thus remote attackers can bypass a $mime_filename extension-blocking protection mechanism, and potentially deliver executable attachments to the mailboxes of end users.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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- Week in review: CrowdStrike update causes widespread IT outage, critical Splunk Enterprise flawHelp Net Security
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Faulty CrowdStrike update takes out Windows machines worldwide Hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of Windows computers and servers worldwide have been made inoperable by a faulty update of Crowdstrike Falcon Sensors, and the outage affected transport, broadcast, financial, retail and other organizations in Europe, Australia, the US and elsewhere. Here’s what we know. Critical Splunk flaw can be exploited … More →
newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 21, 2024, 8:00 AM The maintainers of the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) have fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-39929) that currently affects around 1.5 million public-facing servers and can help attackers deliver malware to users. About CVE-2024-39929 The vulnerability stems from a bug in RFC 2231 header parsing, and may allow remote attackers to bypass protection measures and deliver executable attachments directly to end-users’ mailboxes. “This bug can be a potential security issue for users that have implemented a … More →
newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 15, 2024, 11:03 AMA critical vulnerability in Exim mail server allows attackers to deliver malicious executable attachments to mailboxes. Attackers can exploit a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-39929 (CVSS score of 9.1), in the Exim mail transfer agent to deliver malicious attachments to target users’ inboxes. Exim is a widely used Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) designed to […]
newssecurityaffairs.comJul 12, 2024, 7:25 PMSuccessful exploitation could allow attackers to deliver executable attachments to inboxes.
newswww.securityweek.comJul 12, 2024, 3:00 PM
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