man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.
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| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2003-0120 | man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.900Z
Reserved: 2003-03-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2003-0124
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2003-03-18T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2003-0124
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