Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability in makewhatis (man package)

CVE-2001-1277 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.

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