4.6

CVE-2003-0620: andries_brouwer man

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0620
Published 01-08-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0620 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in andries_brouwer man. EPSS estimates a 0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.80%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-364

Timeline

  1. 01-08-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long pathname to ult_src in ult_src.c, (3) a long .so argument to test_for_include in ult_src.c, (4) a long MANPATH environment variable, or (5) a long PATH environment variable.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.80% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.80%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    ManDB Utility 2.3/2.4 - Local Buffer Overflow

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Andries_brouwer1 product
  • man2.3.18 | 2.3.19 | 2.3.20 | 2.4 | 2.4.1
Debian1 product
  • man-db< 2.4.1-13

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links