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CVE-2003-0124

CVE-2003-0124 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM

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.

EPSS 1.51% · 72.1th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
4.599999904632568
EPSS Score
1.51%
72.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
andries_brouwerman1.5h1, 1.5i2, 1.5j
n/an/an/a

Timeline

  • Mar 18, 2003 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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