CVSS 3.0
7.0 highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-1531
Exim before 4.86.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain privileges via the perl_startup argument.
Severity
- EPSS
- 6.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- exim:exim
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00026.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136124/Exim-4.84-3-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3517
- http://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-1531.txt
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/exim_perl_startup