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CVE-2016-1531

Published: Apr 07, 2016 | Modified: Sep 08, 2017
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.9 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1531
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Exim Exim * 4.86 (including)
Exim4 Ubuntu devel *
Exim4 Ubuntu precise *
Exim4 Ubuntu trusty *
Exim4 Ubuntu upstream *
Exim4 Ubuntu wily *

References

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