Exim before 4.86.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain privileges via the perl_startup argument.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade exim4 | Apr 7, 2016 | Mar 14, 2016 |
| Exim | — | Upgrade Exim to version 4.86.0 | Jun 7, 2019 | Apr 7, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade exim | Dec 10, 2025 | Mar 2, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 2, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade exim-debuginfoUpgrade eximonUpgrade eximUpgrade eximstats-htmlUpgrade eximon-debuginfoUpgrade exim-debugsource | Mar 11, 2016 | Mar 11, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade exim4-daemon-customUpgrade exim4-daemon-heavyUpgrade exim4-daemon-light | Apr 7, 2016 | Mar 15, 2016 |
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