High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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Affected products

S Nail/S-nail2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:s-nail_project:s-nail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:s-nail_project:s-nail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=14.8.5
- (no CPE)range: <14.8.16
S Nail/S-mailxllm-create
Range: <14.8.16

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.htmlnvd

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