CVE-2016-1531: Exim

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 6.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Exim Exim: up to and including 4.86

Published 2016-04-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.