CVE-2003-0124 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2003-0124

man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

andries brouwer

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Affected Software

man
Vulnerable Versions:
1.5h1, 1.5i, 1.5i2, 1.5j, 1.5k

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.