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…

published March 27, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01015 · 62.7th percentile
Published
2017-03-27T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 15:00Z
    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…
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