Description
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.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD 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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Andries Brouwer Man
Redhat Enterprise Linux Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.900Z

Reserved: 2003-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0124

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-03-18T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0124

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2003-03-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0124 - Bugzilla

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