VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-1277
makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wolfram schneider/makewhatis
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.