CVE-2018-25078

man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438 Exploit Vendor Advisory
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2023-01-26 13:15

Updated : 2023-02-02 08:30


NVD link : CVE-2018-25078

Mitre link : CVE-2018-25078


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Products Affected

man-db_project

  • man-db