{"id":"CVE-2003-0645","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2003-0645","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:20.288Z","title":"man-db 2.3.12 and 2.3.18 to 2.4.1 uses certain user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid, which could allow local users to gain privileges.","description":"man-db 2.3.12 and 2.3.18 to 2.4.1 uses certain user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid, which could allow local users to gain privileges.","published":"2003-08-27T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:02:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["andries brouwer/man"],"epss":{"score":0.00742,"percentile":0.54419,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2003-08-06","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":75,"kind":"exploit","title":"man-db 2.4.1 - 'open_cat_stream()' Local uid=man","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/75","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/75.sh","file":"exploits/linux/local/75.sh","published":"2003-08-06","added":"2003-08-05","updated":"2019-03-07","author":"vade79","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-60577","CVE-2003-0645"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comman-db-2.4.1.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106018504800341&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8352","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12848","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106018504800341&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8352","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12848","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0645","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}