CVE-2017-5899

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    CVE-2017-5899

    Published: 27 Mar 2017Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High