CVE-2001-1277

N/A Unknown
Published: June 11, 2001 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
33th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

wolfram_schneider