Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-1178 - Unspecified vulnerability in Xfree86 Project X11R6 3.3.2

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
xfree86-project
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2001-07-11
Updated: 2017-12-19

Summary

Buffer overflow in xman allows local users to gain privileges via a long MANPATH environment variable.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Xfree86_Project
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionXFree86 X11R6 3.3.2 XMan ManPath Environment Variable Buffer Overflow. CVE-2001-1178 . Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:21010
last seen2016-02-02
modified2001-06-11
published2001-06-11
reporterkf
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/21010/
titleXFree86 X11R6 3.3.2 XMan ManPath Environment Variable Buffer Overflow

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