CVE-2016-1531 (GCVE-0-2016-1531)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-04-07 23:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:02
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Exim before 4.86.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain privileges via the perl_startup argument.
References
cret@cert.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00026.html
cret@cert.org http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136124/Exim-4.84-3-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
cret@cert.org http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3517
cret@cert.org http://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-1531.txt Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cret@cert.org http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/exim_perl_startup
cret@cert.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035512
cret@cert.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2933-1
cret@cert.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39535/ Exploit
cret@cert.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39549/
cret@cert.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39702/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 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/
Impacted products
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