CVE - CVE-2016-6253

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-6253	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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BID:92101 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92101 EXPLOIT-DB:40141 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40141/ EXPLOIT-DB:40385 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40385/ MISC:http://akat1.pl/?id=2 MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138021/NetBSD-mail.local-8-Local-Root.html MISC:http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/local/netbsd_mail_local NETBSD:NetBSD-SA2016-006 URL:http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2016-006.txt.asc SECTRACK:1036429 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036429
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160720	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160720)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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