CVE-2001-1331 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the mandb utility within the man-db package (versions prior to 2.3.16-3) affecting Debian and Progeny Debian distributions. Attackers can overwrite arbitrary files by leveraging the -u or -c command-line options, which fail to drop privileges and follow symlinks. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 1.2 (LOW), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:progeny:debian:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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