High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-5899
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- 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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