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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.)

Published

2023-01-26T21:15:16.080

Last Modified

2025-04-02T14:15:34.880

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-250
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application man-db_project man-db < 2.8.5 Yes
References