CVE-2016-6253 in NetBSD

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.

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• Reservation: 07/20/2016
• Disclosure: 01/20/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 7.8
• EPSS: 0.07271
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6253
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6253
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6253/