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CVE-2001-1277

nvd nist
Published: Jun 11, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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2.1
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.

Affected (1)

Wolfram Schneider
1 product
Makewhatis
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Makewhatis
version ≤ 1.5i2

References (6)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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