CVE-2016-6253

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6253
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-20 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-01-20 19:58:00 UTC
Descriptionmail.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 7.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NetBSD mail.local(8) Local Root ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
NetBSD mail.local(8) - Privilege Escalation (NetBSD-SA2016-006) EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2016-6253 NetBSD mail.local Privilege Escalation | Rapid7 MISC www.rapid7.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
NetBSD mail.local(8) Race Condition Lets Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
akat1 - Spawn your shell like it's 90s again! MISC akat1.pl Exploit, Third Party Advisory
NetBSD-SA2016-006 NETBSD ftp.netbsd.org Vendor Advisory
NetBSD mail.local(8) - Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
NetBSD CVE-2016-6253 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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