https://db.gcve.eu/rss/recent/all/10 Most recent entries from all 2026-11-10T21:43:14.617353+00:00 Vulnerability-Lookup info@gcve.eu python-feedgen Contains only the most 10 recent entries. https://db.gcve.eu/vuln/cve-2017-5899 CVE-2017-5899 2026-11-10T21:43:14.619359+00:00

Directory traversal vulnerability in the setuid root helper binary in S-nail (later S-mailx) before 14.8.16 allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the randstr argument.

 https://db.gcve.eu/vuln/usn-4820-1 USN-4820-1 — s-nail vulnerability 2026-11-10T21:43:14.619444+00:00

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: s-nail

It was discovered that S-nail incorrectly handled paths. An attacker could possible use this issue to write arbitrary files and escalate privileges.