Vulnerability CVE-2001-1331
Published: 2001-05-03   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.2/10
2.9/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Progeny -> Debian 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720
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