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HistoryMar 02, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2016-1531

2016-03-0200:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
13

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

7 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

24.1%

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

Notes

Author Note
mdeslaur patches introduce behaviour change that my break existing setups must also ship two follow-up patches: 1- Don’t issue env warning if env is empty 2- Store the initial working directory
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchexim4< 4.76-3ubuntu3.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchexim4< 4.82-3ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu15.10noarchexim4< 4.86-3ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

7 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

24.1%