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CVE-2001-1179

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

xman allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the MANPATH to point to a man page whose filename contains shell metacharacters.

Affected products

• Xfree86 Project X11R6: 3.3.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/197498
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/197498

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