CVE-2017-16659: Anti-Spam Smtp Proxy Project Anti-Spam Smtp Proxy

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Anti-Spam Smtp Proxy Project Anti-Spam Smtp Proxy: up to and including 1.9.8.13030

Published 2017-11-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.