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CVE-2000-0170

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 (+2)
• Turbolinux: 3.5b2, 4.2, 4.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1011
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1011

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