CVE-2018-25078

Published Jan 26, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: 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.)
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "958A9A36-3C3D-4998-BCC0-351ACA48BF0E",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.8.5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References