CVE-2016-6253
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-20 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:22
Severity ?
Summary
mail.local in NetBSD versions 6.0 through 6.0.6, 6.1 through 6.1.5, and 7.0 allows local users to change ownership of or append data to arbitrary files on the target system via a symlink attack on the user mailbox.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://akat1.pl/?id=2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2016-006.txt.ascVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138021/NetBSD-mail.local-8-Local-Root.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/netbsd_mail_localExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92101Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036429Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40141/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40385/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://akat1.pl/?id=2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2016-006.txt.ascVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138021/NetBSD-mail.local-8-Local-Root.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/netbsd_mail_localExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92101Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036429Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40141/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40385/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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