Local Privilege Escalation in Postfix by Undocumented Berkeley DB Functionality

CVE-2017-10140

What is CVE-2017-10140?

The vulnerability in Postfix allows local users to exploit undocumented features in Berkeley DB. This exploitation could enable unauthorized access to read sensitive settings from the DB_CONFIG file located in the current directory, potentially leading to privilege escalation. Affected versions include Postfix versions prior to 2.11.10, 3.0.10, 3.1.6, and 3.2.2, which highlights the importance of maintaining updated software to mitigate such risks.

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