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CVE-2003-0124
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5k:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5i2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:1.5j:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7066
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000620
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-133.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-134.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104802285112752&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104740927915154&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11512