xman allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the MANPATH to point to a man page whose filename contains shell metacharacters.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-15T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:08.304Z

Reserved: 2002-03-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-1179

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2001-07-17T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:25:53.187

Link: CVE-2001-1179

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