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CVE-2003-0645

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/08/2003
Last modified:
11/07/2017

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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