CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6253

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in mail.local in NetBSD 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 Assessment

An attacker may gain unauthorized access to system files, potentially leading to data integrity loss or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the NetBSD system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor access to user mailboxes.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS