CVE-2017-5899

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-01-27
Bugzilla:
1418204: CVE-2017-5899 s-nail: privsep helper local privilege escalation

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5899 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mailx Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mailx Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mailx Not affected

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