CVE-2001-1277

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.

Scoring

CVSS base score
0.01
EPSS probability
0.14%
Published
2002-06-25
Last modified
2026-03-16

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