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CVE-2016-1531

Exim before 4.86.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain privileges via the perl_startup argument.

Published

2016-04-07T23:59:04.847

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	exim	exim	≤ 4.86	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00026.html ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136124/Exim-4.84-3-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3517 ([email protected])
http://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-1531.txt Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/exim_perl_startup ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035512 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2933-1 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39535/ Exploit ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39549/ ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39702/ ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00026.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136124/Exim-4.84-3-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3517 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-1531.txt Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/exim_perl_startup (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035512 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2933-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39535/ Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39549/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39702/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)