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CVE-2001-1331

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.2
• Progeny Debian: 1.0

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720
• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720

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