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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-53881

CVE-2025-53881: 
Exim vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in logrotate config in the exim package allowed privilege escalation from mail user/group to root.This issue affects Tumbleweed: from ? before 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

Source: NVD

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CVE ID

Severity

Score

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Published date

CVE-2025-67896CRITICAL9.8
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  • exim
NoYesDec 14, 2025
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  • EximExim
  • exim-debugsource
NoYesMar 28, 2025
CVE-2025-53881MEDIUM6.9
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  • eximstats-html
NoYesOct 02, 2025
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  • EximExim
  • exim-debuginfo
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