CVE-2018-25078
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-25078 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2023-01-26 21:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-10-08 09:15:00 UTC |
| 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.) |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Man-db Project | Man-db | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| man-db: privilege escalation (GLSA 202310-08) — Gentoo security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| 662438 – (CVE-2018-25078) <sys-apps/man-db-2.8.5: root privilege escalation through setuid executable and cron job | MISC | bugs.gentoo.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.