CVE-2017-5899

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3