CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
59.5%
man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value “unsafe,” which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
andries_brouwer | man | 1.5h1 | cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
andries_brouwer | man | 1.5i | cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
andries_brouwer | man | 1.5i2 | cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5i2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
andries_brouwer | man | 1.5j | cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5j:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
andries_brouwer | man | 1.5k | cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5k:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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www.securityfocus.com/bid/7066
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