Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-1531 First vendor Publication 2016-04-07
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-08

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7
Base Score 7 Environmental Score 7
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7
Exploitabality Sub Score 1
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1531

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 89

Metasploit Database

id Description
2016-03-10 Exim "perl_startup" Privilege Escalation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-08-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-980.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-16 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-2933-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3517.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-0e3ca94d88.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-e062971917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-326.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-03 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_7d09b9eee0ba11e5abc46fb07af136d2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM http://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-1531.txt
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3517
EXPLOIT-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39535/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39549/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39702/
MISC http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136124/Exim-4.84-3-Local-Root-Privilege-...
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/exim_perl_startup
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035512
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00026.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2933-1

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