VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0124

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.51%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2003-03-18

Last modified2026-06-16

Description

man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.