Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-1277 - Local Security vulnerability in Makewhatis
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
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| Application | 1 |
Redhat
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