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.)
Vendor
man-db project vulnerabilities
2 published CVES affecting man-db project, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
- Total
- 2
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 2
- Medium
- 0
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
Products
Latest man-db project CVEs
Newest publication first
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HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.39%
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HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.0%
The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.