- Description
- 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.)
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
- CWE-250
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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