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CVE-2017-5899

high

Description

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4

https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-27

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01046