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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.800Z

Reserved: 2016-07-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6253

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-20T15:59:00.567

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-6253

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