CVE-2017-5899

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5899
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-27T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-31T11:22:59
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:s-nail_project:s-nail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 14.8.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5899
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5899
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:46:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:08:53 2017-03-27T15:59Z 2017-03-27T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:08:53 2017-03-31T11:22:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:08:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated