CVE-2001-1331

high

Description

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056

http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-05-03

Updated: 2008-09-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High