CVE-2016-6253

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 20, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-6253: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix