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 consequently gain root privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the randstr argument.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:s-nail_project:s-nail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:49

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	{'url': 'https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html', 'name': '[s-nail-users] 20170127 [ANN]ounce of S-nail v14.8.16 ("Copris lunaris")', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}	() https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html -

Information

Published : 2017-03-27 15:59

Updated : 2024-02-28 15:44

NVD link : CVE-2017-5899

Mitre link : CVE-2017-5899

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5899

JSON object : View

Products Affected

s-nail_project

s-nail

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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