{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16659 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2017-16659 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-16659 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-16659 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16659 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16659/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16659/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-16659","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16659/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-16659","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2qgg-rrhg-f2j5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Gentoo ASSP mail filter","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers with access to the assp user account can escalate privileges by replacing the main script with a Trojan horse.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"anti-spam_smtp_proxy","vendor":"anti-spam_smtp_proxy_project"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-16659","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-16660"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Symfony Directory Traversal","id":"CVE-2017-16654"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2017-11-08","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers with access to the assp user account can escalate privileges by replacing the main script with a Trojan horse.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16659/"}