PT-2001-2314 · Xman · Xman

Published 2001-07-17 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2001-1179

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xman (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the MANPATH to point to a man page whose filename contains shell metacharacters.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1179

Affected Products

Xman

References · 2

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/197498 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1179 · Security Note