CVE-2016-1531

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

5.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-04-07 23:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-07

Assigning CNA

certcc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264
• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

78f22c551c7361e6eb52d5fbb55e7e286b5ed9e7f6d57a179997296a05e00e51

• www.debian.orgDSA-3517http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3517vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.exploit-db.com39535https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39535/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securitytracker.com1035512http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035512vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136124/Exim-4.84-3-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0721http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00026.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.exploit-db.com39702https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39702/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2933-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2933-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.exim.orghttp://www.exim.org/static/doc/CVE-2016-1531.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/exim_perl_startupx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com39549https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39549/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB