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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2001-07-17

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• X11r6 (Xfree86 Project)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/197498