CVE-2017-16659

HIGH

Gentoo mail-filter/assp <1.9.8.13030 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The Gentoo mail-filter/assp package 1.9.8.13030 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the assp user account to install a Trojan horse /usr/share/assp/assp.pl script.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugs.gentoo.org/629442

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 29.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-732

Status published

Products (1)

anti-spam_smtp_proxy_project/anti-spam_smtp_proxy < 1.9.8.13030

Published Nov 08, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026