CVE-2017-5899
Directory traversal vulnerability in the setuid root helper binary in S-nail (later S-mailx) before 14.8.16 allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the randstr argument.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 7.0 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2017-03-27
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22, CWE-362
Affected products
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138
- https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html
