CVE-2018-25078
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.)
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2023-01-25 CVE Reserved
- 2023-01-25 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (2)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438 | 2024-08-05 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08 | 2023-10-08 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Man-db Project Search vendor "Man-db Project" | Man-db Search vendor "Man-db Project" for product "Man-db" | < 2.8.5 Search vendor "Man-db Project" for product "Man-db" and version " < 2.8.5" | - |
Affected
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