VDB
CVE-2017-5899
CVE-2017-5899
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.80% · 74.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.80%
74.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | s-nail | 0, 14.8.5-1, 14.8.5-2 |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7 (nist-nvd)
- [oss-security] 20170207 Re: CVE Request: s-nail local root (circl)
- [s-nail-users] 20170127 [ANN]ounce of S-nail v14.8.16 ("Copris lunaris") (circl)
- 96138 (circl)
- S-nail < 14.8.16 - Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (0day-today)
- S-nail < 14.8.16 - Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (0day-today)
Timeline
- Mar 27, 2017 CVE Published
- Jul 26, 2019 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5899 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.html third-party-advisory
- https://git.sdaoden.eu/cgit/s-nail.git/commit/?id=f797c27efecad45af191c518b7f87fda32ada160 third-party-advisory
- https://git.sdaoden.eu/cgit/s-nail.git/commit/?id=f2699449b66dd702a98925bd1b11153a6f7294bf third-party-advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5899 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4820-1 vendor-advisory