CVE-2001-1179 — Project X11r6 vulnerability
3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 17
Latest updateApr 30
Description
xman allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the MANPATH to point to a man page whose filename contains shell metacharacters.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0
Affected Packages1 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-qjvc-gjm5-h75j: xman allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the MANPATH to point to a man page whose filename contains shell metacharacters↗2022-04-30
CVEList▶
CVE-2001-1179: xman allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the MANPATH to point to a man page whose filename contains shell metacharacters↗2002-03-15