CVE-2016-6253

PoC ×5—

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

4%p89

Published

Jan 20, 2017 (Jan 20, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: netbsd
Products: netbsd
Weakness: CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.6%)

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