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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-1531

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

  • Published: Apr 8, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-1531
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.9
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
exim / exim - 4.86.x