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. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Jan 2023, 16:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:predictapp_project:predictapp::::::::
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/commit/b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/commit/b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/pull/73 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/pull/73 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?id.218387 -~~	(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?id.218387 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218387 -~~	(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218387 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
First Time		Predictapp Project predictapp Predictapp Project

16 Jan 2023, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-01-26 09:15

Updated : 2023-02-02 04:30

NVD link : CVE-2018-25078

Mitre link : CVE-2018-25078

Products Affected

No products.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo