CVE-2001-1179

Published Jul 17, 2001

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: xman allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the MANPATH to point to a man page whose filename contains shell metacharacters.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "23FF2D1C-D328-49BE-87CF-938FB533180B"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References