VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-1277

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-06-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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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