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CVE-2003-0124

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/03/2003
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5i2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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