CVE-2003-0124

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-03-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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 "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.

Affected products

Andries Brouwer Man: 1.5h1, 1.5i, 1.5i2, 1.5j, 1.5k

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000620
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104740927915154&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104802285112752&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-133.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-134.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7066
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11512
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000620
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104740927915154&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104802285112752&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-133.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-134.html

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