High severity · published Jan 26, 2023
CVE-2018-25078
man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Man-db · Man-db Project
before 2.8.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25078
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25078
Exploit
https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08
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