Vulnerability CVE-2003-0124
Published: 2003-03-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Andries brouwer -> MAN 

 References:
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000620
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104740927915154&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104802285112752&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-133.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-134.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7066
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/11512
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