CVE-2001-1277 — LOW severity vulnerability (makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacke)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-1277 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-06-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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