Description
xman allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the MANPATH to point to a man page whose filename contains shell metacharacters.
Published: 2002-03-15
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-1160 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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Xfree86 Project X11r6
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2002-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1179

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-1179

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