CVE-2001-1277

Published Jun 11, 2001

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wolfram_schneider:makewhatis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "FAA46DAF-F37C-4EC7-B7A6-8353D5D23163",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.5i2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References