Name: CVE-2017-5899: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-5899, CWE-22, CWE-362, CVSS 7, EPSS 0.00696

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade s-nail	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 27, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade heirloom-mailx (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade s-nail (Ubuntu Pro)	Mar 22, 2023	Mar 27, 2017

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CVSS Details

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