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.
Published 2017-01-20 15:59:01
Updated 2017-01-20 19:58:08
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Products affected by CVE-2016-6253

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-6253

0.09%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 38 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2016-6253

  • NetBSD mail.local Privilege Escalation
    Disclosure Date: 2016-07-07
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/unix/local/netbsd_mail_local
    This module attempts to exploit a race condition in mail.local with SUID bit set on: NetBSD 7.0 - 7.0.1 (verified on 7.0.1) NetBSD 6.1 - 6.1.5 NetBSD 6.0 - 6.0.6 Successful exploitation relies on a crontab job with root privilege, which may take up

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-6253

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.2
HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
NIST
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-6253

References for CVE-2016-6253

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