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

published June 25, 2002

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00388 · 31.4th percentile
Published
2002-06-25T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUN 04:00Z
    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
    cvelistv5