VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0170
Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.99%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.99% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- redhat/linux · turbolinux/turbolinux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.