CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | man-db | < 2.11.2-2 | man-db_2.11.2-2_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | man-db | < 2.9.4-2 | man-db_2.9.4-2_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | man-db | < 2.13.0-1 | man-db_2.13.0-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | man-db | < 2.13.0-1 | man-db_2.13.0-1_all.deb |