01 Record
CVE-2001-0641
Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1024fa1aaef25e9f833c3549662de43cb14d9641a2e154d9d661df310d9ded52
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comman-s-bo(6530)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6530
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2001:069http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-069.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20010513 RH 7.0:/usr/bin/man exploit: gid man + morehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.html
- www.securityfocus.com20010612 man 1.5h10 + man 1.5i-4 exploitshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/190136
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2001:019http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_019_man_txt.html
- www.securityfocus.com2711http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2711