Man

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First CVE: Mar 18, 2003 · Active for 23 years

3
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 68% of tracked products
3.0
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 78% of tracked products
4.6
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 6% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Man over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Mar 18, 2003
23 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Aug 27, 2003
8,371 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

Man3 CVEs
All CVEs353,173 CVEs
Medium
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown3 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown3 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown3 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown3 (100.0%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

3 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments t
Aug 27, 20034.626NOYES
man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "u
Mar 18, 20034.622NOYES
man-db 2.3.12 and 2.3.18 to 2.4.1 uses certain user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid, which could allow local users to gain privilege
Aug 27, 20034.621NOYES

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
3 CVEs
100.0% of CVEs· 91st percentile

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Man

Versions

VersionCVE CountAvg CVSSAvg EPSSKEVExploits
2.4.124.60.8%02
2.414.60.8%01
2.3.2024.60.8%02
2.3.1914.60.8%01
2.3.1814.60.8%01
1.5k14.61.5%01
1.5j14.61.5%01
1.5i214.61.5%01
1.5i14.61.5%01
1.5h114.61.5%01